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TIL that for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, director Alfonso Cuarón had Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson write autobiographical essays about their characters. Grint didn’t write one, as “I’m Ron; Ron wouldn’t do it.”

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JYrdj TIL that diplomats carry 'diplomatic bags'. These house secret information or anything pertaining to the duties of the diplomats who carry it - diplomatic bags have just the same immunity as diplomats themselves, meaning it cannot be opened/searched by law enforcement in a foreign country.
8eAAb TIL the Steamboat Bertrand, which sank in 1865, while carrying cargo up the Missouri River to Montana Territory. It was rediscovered in 1968 with half of its cargo being recovered. The cargo makes up the largest intact collection of Civil War-era artifacts in the United States.
b9Jwa TIL Wheeling Gaunt, a slave who bought his and his family's freedom in 1845 before moving to Yellow Springs, OH. At the time of his death, he bequeathed a large portion of his land and estate to the village under the condition that each widow be given flour annually, which continues to this day
Yp6wZ TIL of Doublethink, a process of indoctrination whereby the subject is expected to simultaneously accept two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in contravention to one's own memories or sense of reality.
o6E7 TIL most of present-day Boston actually sits on man-made landfill supported by underground wooden pilings