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TIL that Marilyn Monroe's contract required that her films be in color, but she made an exception for “Some Like It Hot” after seeing Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis’ makeup.

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5er9 TIL Activision donates money to help U.S. military veterans find employment.
9wN4r TIL The Nagant M1895 is one of the few revolvers that can successfully use a silencer. This is possible because the ammunition's casing extends over the projectile and the cylinder slides forward when cocked. When fired these elements create a gas seal that prevents gas from venting out the sides.
GA7gj TIL that Jess Willard who defeated Jack Johnson for the heavyweight title in 1915, was a very gentle man who had to wait for his opponent to punch him, so he could feel justified in punching back.
9MgG TIL in 1969, the U.S. under Nixon went into nuclear readiness alert and flew nuclear armed fighter jets along Soviet airspace for three days. This was part of Nixon’s Madman Theory, in which he tried to give off the image that he was unstable to make sure the Soviets would never provoke the U.S.
6bm8 TIL the highest paid across all U.S. Department of Defense employees are three football coaches of the service branch teams