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TIL that the clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch actually paid Jersey Shore actors not to wear their brand

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KOP9R TIL during production of Blazing Saddles, retired actress Hedy Lamarr sued Warner Bros. for $100,000 because of a character named Hedley Lamarr. The lawsuit is referenced in the film by Mel Brooks' character, who says, "This is 1874; you'll be able to sue HER."
O6R6 TIL Jim Lovell said in his book that if the Apollo 13 crew stayed still long enough when the electricity shut off, their body heat would form a cocoon of warm air around them. With everything shut down as much as possible he said even a slight movement would destroy the layer of heat.
WknmY TIL of the "national bathtub", a mass execution during the French Revolution when thousands of suspected royalists were drowned in the river Loire. At first, the perpetrators carried the drownings at night to avoid suspicion, but the dozen of floating bodies in the following days gave them away.
neoZ9 TIL The word 'mortgage' literally means 'death pledge'
dD8Qr TIL during racial segregation in the 1940’s, Elvis Presley grew up in what was a majority black community in Tupelo, Mississippi. He regularly attended black gospel church revivals & visited “Shake Rag” a local cultural hub for black folks, where he was first exposed to rhythm & blues music.