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TIL Kevin Spacey once directed and starred in a biopic - Beyond the Sea. Not only did he play crooner Bobby Darin, he chose to perform all of Darin’s songs himself.

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d874Z TIL Robin Williams was interested for the role of Hagrid (Harry Potter) but was rejected due to the "all-British and Irish cast" policy
JJkk TIL Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin and Edgar Allan Poe all married their first cousin
b9AMN TIL that Julia Child used to work for the OSS - the predecessor to the CIA - during WWII. She was part of a team that worked on creating a shark repellent that would coat explosives aimed at German U-Boats.
yQB5e TIL In 1915, Kulbir Thapa was the first Nepalese Gurkha to receive the Victoria Cross. Thapa carried two wounded Gurkhas through No-Man’s-Land despite being wounded himself. When he went back a third time, German soldiers stopped firing and began clapping, allowing him to walk back to his own line.