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TIL Gregory Peck turned down top billing for ‘Roman Holiday’,convincing executives to give it to Audrey Hepburn saying : “I’m smart enough to know this girl’s going to win the Oscar in her first picture, and I’m going to look like a damned fool if her name is not up there on top with mine.”

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bA1p TIL Since 2014, owning a dog in Iran is illegal. If caught owning a dog, violators are subject to 74 lashes
j65rE TIL that in the filming of Troy's Fencing Duel Scene Brad Pitt had to give $750 to Eric Bana. This was because of a bet they made where each had to pay for if they made an unscripted swing during the 6 day shoot. It was $50 for love taps and $100 for big hits.
VMAaB TIL that a speices of eastern african baboon and Ethiopian wolf are working together in what appears to be the early signs of domestication. The wolves show a large increase in foraging and food supply amongst the herds of the baboons.
1a8LX TIL Professional snooker player "Big Bill" Werbeniuk once drank 76 cans of lager during a competitive game. He then carried on drinking for another 7 hours. Werbeniuk also offset the cost of lager against income tax, consuming 50 pints a day. He died of heart failure aged 53
5aOk TIL that slavery didn’t end after the Civil War. Until 1945, a system of neoslavery existed whereby African Americans could be arrested for not having jobs, then sold to companies like U.S. Steel through a “convict lease” system to do forced labor.