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TIL Princess Diana was a self-mutilator. She publicly admitted throwing herself down stairs whilst pregnant and cutting herself with razors, penknives, and other kitchen tools because of her torment over her marriage relationship.

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8ePpG TIL that singer Dean Martin didn’t speak English until he started school at the age of five, as his first language was Italian. Because of his broken English, he was bullied in elementary school.
W7QaB TIL at one point in the development of the new Barbie movie, Barbie was going to be played by Amy Schumer — and the screenplay was to be written by her sister
8KbL TIL the sound effects for the alien language in District 9 were made by rubbing a pumpkin
9l9B TIL the scene where Jim Carrey makes “the Most Annoying Sound in the World” was unscripted, Even hitman Mike Starr’s hissy fit reaction to the scene was unscripted
4Xj7b TIL of Gonzalo Guerrero, a Spanish soldier shipwrecked in Mexico and taken captive by local Maya. By the time Cortés arrived, he had become a Maya war captain, was married to his Lord's daughter, and fathered the first Mestizo children. He led local Maya resistance until his death in 1532.