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TIL Bill Murray once gave director Wes Anderson $25000 for a helicopter rental for the film Rushmore As disney would not pay due to cost cuts

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X7Dj TIL the “immortal” cancer cells of one woman, Henrietta Lacks, have been multiplying since her death in 1951 and have been used globally to research cancer, AIDS, the vaccine for polio, effects of radiation, gene mapping, and many other pursuits.
NXEOP TIL there are about 20 quadrillion ants on earth. Their total biomass outweighs that of mammals and birds, combined.
0dyoA TIL about Gödel's Loophole; A loophole that famous mathematician, Kurt Gödel supposedly discovered in the American Constitution that would allow for the legal transition of American democracy to a dictatorship.
P1lDG TIL Roger Moore was the oldest actor to play James Bond at 57 in A View to a Kill. His dressing room was next door to co-star Grace Jones and he would bang on her door and complain when she played 'heavy metal' music too loud.
P9jE TIL John Cazale (Fredo Corleone) appeared in five movies, all five nominated for Best Picture. Even after being diagnosed with terminal bone cancer he continued working on The Deer Hunter.