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TIL that the phrase “writing on the wall” comes from a story in the Bible where a disembodied hand warns of the end of a kings reign.

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D10XD TIL that Mia Farrow's husband, famous singer Frank Sinatra, was furious when she landed the lead role in Rosemary's Baby. Previously, Sinatra had demanded she forgo her career when they wed, and he served her divorce papers via a corporate lawyer in front of the cast and crew midway through filming.
Rna1 TIL It’s the Hula Hoops 50th Birthday
rRE80 TIL Johnny Depp was fed his movie lines through an earpiece for years.
ZpXPa TIL Robert Clary, the actor who played stalag prisoner Corporal LaBeau on the TV Show Hogan’s Heroes, was an Auschwitz survivor
yVg1J TIL scurvy was so common during the Age of Sail that shipowners and governments assumed a 50% death rate from the disease for their sailors on any major voyage.