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TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins is renowned for his ability to memorize lines. He did the 7 page Amistad courtroom speech in one take and usually has his co-actors practice with stand in’s then comes and does it in one take when they are fully ready.

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6ELnJ TIL Qajartalik (Inuktitut for "where there is a kayak") is a petroglyph site located on Qikertaaluk Island, Nunavut, with over 150 carvings of faces in soapstone. It is believed to be the north most rock art site in North America
b9AMN TIL that Julia Child used to work for the OSS - the predecessor to the CIA - during WWII. She was part of a team that worked on creating a shark repellent that would coat explosives aimed at German U-Boats.
OBd6 TIL that there is a mutation in male fruit flies that make them homosexual
D1Rde TIL about the Wittmoor bog trackway, two historic corduroy (wooden log) roads, discovered in 1898 in Hamburg, Germany. Dating of the logs used to construct the road reveal they were cut down in 330 AD during the Roman Empire.
X0Pyr TIL that prior to 2006, Canada Border Services Agency agents were not armed and were not allowed to arrest and detain individuals at the border for non-customs related violations of Canadian law.