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TIL that Bill Murray has no agent or manager. To be reached for a role, filmmakers must call a 1-800 number in hopes that Bill will call them back.

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0wk6N TIL every year for the next 100 years, 100 famous authors have pledged to each write a novel that will remain unpublished until the 22nd Century, when they will be published as part of a 'Library of the future' art project.
vMy7 TIL David Bowie was so messed up on hard drugs especially cocaine that he could not recall making the album “Station to Station.” When asked about the studio he recorded in bowie stated “I know it was in LA because I’ve read it was”.
QJAZk TIL in 1943, a Japanese destroyer sank an American ship with JFK on board. While everyone assumed the entire crew died, 11 survived and swam to a nearby island. JFK carved a distress note on a coconut shell, and they were rescued.
9w0k7 TIL Sir Christopher Lee, famous for roles like Count Dracula, Saruman in The Lord of the Rings, and Count Dooku in Star Wars, led a movie-like life. He was a descendant of Charlemagne, knighted war hero, heavy metal musician, Nazi hunter, and witnessed the last known public guillotine execution.
pwNG TIL Chile printed a number of 50 peso coins in 2008 that misspelled the name of their country as “Chiie”. No one noticed until 2009, at which point the director of the Mint lost his job.