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TIL in the film Tomorrow Is Forever, child actress Natalie Wood was unable to cry on cue, until her mother tore a butterfly to pieces in front of her to ensure she would sob. Her co-star, Orson Welles, called Wood a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying."

P1kOe TIL the first Ciabatta bread was made in 1982
X0GMD TIL Hitler had chronic flatulence. And he took medicine made from faeces of healthy German soldiers
8aMdK TIL that George Washington actually wanted to end slavery, but never did because he feared it would divide the new nation.
LPMV TIL that, in the late 1930s, Samsung started their first product line: noodles.
P7eL TIL that China only holds 8% of US debt.