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TIL James Franco, a non-smoker, took up smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, learned to ride a motorcycle and play guitar, and cut himself off from his loved ones, all to prepare for his role as James Dean.

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ZmJR TIL the original bikini swimsuit was named after the then-recent Bikini Atoll nuclear test because the inventor expected the swimsuit to be “equally explosive”
YGxd TIL of Burton Joseph, a Jew who representing the ACLU, defended the right for Neo-Nazis to march through Skokie, IL—a community where 1 in 6 residents were Holocaust survivors—because he believed in freedom of speech.
EY4d TIL The Cheesecake Factory’s Bistro Shrimp Pasta has 3,120 calories and 89 grams of saturated fat and 1,090 milligrams of sodium. This is 150% of the daily recommended caloric intake for the average adult, in one meal.
Y7D87 TIL: On July 1, 1942 the American submarine Sturgeon sank the Montevideo Maru that was transporting 1080 prisoners and civilians who were captured after the fall of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea.
a8d80 TIL That mold spores are literally everywhere, including the artic circle, over the ocean, many miles into the atmosphere, waiting for the ideal conditions to grow.