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TIL Beetlejuice was only in 17.5 minutes of his own 1.5 hour movie.

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dedE TIL There is a dutch word that essentially means “To pretend to be doing something important, when really you’re doing nothing.”
P1Xn TIL that during WWII, George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prize medals with aqua regia to prevent the Nazis from stealing them. After the war, the gold was precipitated out of the acid, and the medals recast.
neYe7 TIL that Ringo Starr refused involvement with a documentary about the life of singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. This was odd considering the two had been very close friends. Starr said he turned it down because there are 3 people he finds it difficult to talk about: Lennon, Harrison, and Nilsson.
awKoA TIL that Michael Keaton's character in "Beetlejuice" is actually "Betelgeuse" (named after the star), and that Burton wanted Sammy Davis Jr in the role
OGD4a TIL Dublin is the only city in the world with a monument to a Nazi/Nazi sympathiser.