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TIL Pamela Anderson declined to even read the letter from the actress portraying her (Lily James) asking for her blessing in the show Pam and Tommy

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M7ONb TIL that the leopard attack scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey involved a real leopard pouncing on a real person. Kubrick, despite being known for recording several takes of every shot, only recorded a couple takes to protect the actor and accepted that he wouldn't like the end result.
0PZL TIL the iconic bassline from The White Stripes ‘Seven Nation Army’ isn’t a bass guitar. It’s a normal guitar shifted down an octave by an effects pedal
6EDAQ TIL about Stuckie, a dog that got stuck in a tree and hasn’t decayed in 60 years because it got naturally mummified
aYkA TIL: New Zealand’s prime minister John Key went to a vet to see if he was a human and not a shape shifting lizard.
PO7J TIL the entire crew of the USS William D Porter, a WW2 destroyer, were placed under arrest after accidentally firing a torpedo at President Roosevelt aboard the USS Iowa during training drills. Other mishaps and failings give the ship one of the worst careers in history.