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TIL cabbages and celery are used as sound effects for stabbing and for breaking bones

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VBjd8 TIL that Marvin Hamlisch, who played the frustrated piano player in one of the final scenes of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, is one of the few musicians to receive an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards). He also won a Pulitzer Prize.
mxr6y TIL that in The Phantom Menace, Yoda has three toes. But in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith, he has four.
GYWNg TIL of Prize Insurance, which companies buy instead of prizes for competitions. The policy pays out in the unlikely event that somebody wins the competition.
loomV TIL that actor Joaquin Phoenix had an older brother named River, also an actor, who tragically died of a speedball overdose outside a Hollywood nightclub on Halloween 1993. He was only 23 years old.
logEa TIL Lord Voldemort’s costume had 7 shades of green for each of his 7 horcruxes. Every time one was destroyed, his cloak lost a shade and faded in color to give the impression he was “fading away”