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TIL Jonathan Hensleigh, the writer of "Die Hard With a Vengeance," was interrogated by the FBI over his screenplay. The plot Hensleigh devised to rob the bank was so plausible, the FBI wanted to know where he got his information.

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R7a4Q Today I learned that in Japanese, there is a phrase bushu-suru (ブッシュする). In literal terms, this means "to do the bush thing," in reference to a bizarre 1992 incident where George HW Bush fell ill and vomited directly onto the Japanese prime minister.
9YlwG TIL That in The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger wore a prosthetic covering his lower lip that would become unglued, which is how the famous mouth-licking was born.
l7x7G TIL there was an alleged mental disorder during German hyperinflation that caused patients to write endless rows of zeros.
JY0Yl TIL: That seagrass can convert 20 times more carbon per acre than land forests.
ZGPa TIL that today is Kamehameha Day, to celebrate the first king of Hawaii