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TIL In the Heat of the Night was filmed in Illinois because Sydney Poitier wouldn't go south of the Mason-Dixon line (6:40)

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v4V4 TIL that doing your job exactly by the rules laid out is a way labor can do a strike while not actually striking.
l4LN TIL When the creation of the ‘Cheers’ spinoff, 'Frasier’ was announced, Cheers cast-member Kirstie Alley called producer David Lee to tell him she wouldn’t make any appearances on the show, because she was a Scientologist and didn’t believe in psychiatry. He replied, “I don’t recall asking.”
JeRk TIL that Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee would go to theaters to watch Looney Tunes cartoons together and were once kicked out for laughing too hard
BBBr TIL, that in medieval combat the Mordschalg (literally murder-strike) was a move where the attacker gripped the sword and hit the opponent with the crossguard to devastating effect
kJlom TIL that Brazil has the tallest floating Christmas tree. Located at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro, the 278-foot tree reportedly weighs 542 tons. It is lit with 3.1 million micro bulbs, 2,150 strobe effects and 100 LED reflector.