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TIL Canada used to have 'Johnny Cash' machines that were ATMs endorsed by Johnny Cash

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nlvb TIL that the film “Being John Malkovich” was difficult to sell to production companies because the writers chose John Malkovich as the titular character. One studio exec asked “Why the fuck can’t it be Being Tom Cruise?”
XEEBr TIL that Lanolin, a common ingredient in skin care products, is actually a waxy substance secreted by the skin of sheep
dDLP8 TIL that Dr. Leopold Poetsch (or Pötsch), an Austrian history teacher and ardent supporter of Pan-Germanism, influenced Hitler's nationalistic views while teaching him at the Linz high school.
N7Ke6 TIL in 2009 a UK and French nuclear ballistic submarines collided with each other as neither of them knew the other sub was nearby. They were submerged and running silent but were moving slowly enough that though the ships were damaged, there were no injuries nor radioactive releases.
8XO8 TIL the word “gorilla” comes from the Greek word meaning, “a tribe of hairy women.”