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TIL Elle Woods commits a huge ethical violation in "Legally Blonde" and, in real life, would've been barred from practicing law, & maybe subject to fines or prison time after she posed as a lawyer in attempts to get Paulette Bonafonté custody over her dog despite only being a first year law student

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vPbY7 TIL that Ziggy Marley sang the theme song to Arthur. I always knew that song was extra
4k6jw TIL that in 1952, in order to see who would win the main role in a film called “Viva Zapata!”, actors Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn held a “pissing contest” in which the person who’d piss the furthest over the Rio Grande in Mexico would win the role. Marlon Brando was the champion.
X0r8r TIL that in September 1752 in Britain and the British Empire, 11 days were wiped off the calendar. The 3rd of September became the 14th, sparking street demonstrations with chants "give us our 11 days". This was due to switching to the Gregorian calendar with the leap year.
pyA4 TIL: Shell launched the biggest vessel ever put to sea in 2013. The Prelude FLNG platform is longer than Sears Tower is tall, costs ~$12 billion, will weigh 600,000 tonnes (5 times as much as an aircraft carrier) and withstand category 5 cyclones.
XNG8 TIL that the television show Top Gear, sponsored by Shell, staged breakdowns of the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Roadster, to make electric cars seem unviable and inferior to petrol powered vehicles, and causing doubt to Tesla investors