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TIL Keira Knightly was only 17 when she filmed Love Actually while Chiwetel Ejiofor was 26 and Andrew Lincoln was 30. In the film, she was married to one and romantically pursued by the other.

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8a15G TIL in the original Pinocchio story he is executed by hanging. The Fox and the Cat bind his arms, pass a noose around his throat and hang him from the branch of an oak tree.
Z8xZ4 TIL While leaving Italy during a tour there was a bomb scare on David Bowie's plane, forcing them to return to the airport. They later discovered the threat had been a ruse by the Chief of Police, who wanted Bowie's autograph
wLdJJ TIL about the "Golden Tabby" tiger. A extremely rare type of tiger that does not have the distinctive black stripes. Only about 30 are left in the world.
EYEx TIL that the Battle of Gettysberg, the bloodiest and most significant battle of the American Civil War, ended 150 years ago today.
loRP7 TIL that the first message ever sent over the internet was “LO” in 1969. A programmer at UCLA attempted to send each letter of the word “LOGIN” to the Stanford Research institute, but the machine crashed after the first two.