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TIL Ian Fleming and Christopher Lee are cousins

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nR4b TIL that the girl in the red coat from Schindler’s List was told by Spielberg to not watch the film until she was 18. She watched it at 11 and was traumatized. She watched it again at 18 and understood “Spielberg was right: I had to grow up to watch the film.”
D1EZV TIL Two homosexual lovers, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, assassinated the king of Athens, Hipparchus, and triggered events that would usher in democracy. They became known as the Tyrannicides, the preeminent symbol of democracy to ancient Athenians.
GQmG TIL Pope Francis was a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub before joining the priesthood.
nvyb TIL That Michael Jackson was involved in over 1,500 law suits and gave his testimony over 1000 times.
Z8Zlo TIL Under Chilean law, it is not allowed to advertise products that are high in calories, sugar, sodium, and saturated fats to children under the age of 14.