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TIL: some people cut their hair with a vacuum

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4XWd5 TIL Even tho Saladin ruled a vast empire, encompassing all of the Levant, modern day Iraq, and parts of North Africa and Arabia, at the time of his death, he had no money left to pay for his funeral. He donated everything to the poor
Wk0E8 TIL George Lucas asked Toshiro Mifune of Kurosawa fame to be Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader, only to be turned down because he thought it would "cheapen the image of samurai".
4krno TIL that Paul Thomas Anderson filmed a late night informercial with Tom Cruise as Frank T.J Mackey from Magnolia promoting his "Seduce and Destroy System" from Magnolia (1999). Anderson bought time on late night TV to play it on and a lot of late night viewers called convinced it was a real product.
9dZM TIL that the film ‘Waterloo’ had so many extras in the battle scene that the director was in command of the 7th largest army in the world
Wd78 TIL the Dinkleberg family name from The Fairly OddParents is in reference to the term “D.I.N.K.”, meaning “Dual Income No Kids”, attributing to their wealth.