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TIL Keanu Reeves was forced to star in the critically-derided film The Watcher (2000) due to the fact a friend forged his signature on the contract agreement

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a8rxM TIL that actor Mark Lindsay Chapman, lost the part of John Lennon in a 1985 biopic because Yoko Ono thought him having the same name as Lennon's killer was "bad karma". Linsday would eventually play Lennon in the 2007 movie Chapter 27... a movie that mostly focused on his killer, Mark David Chapman
OGPX1 TIL the East River that separates Manhattan from long island is not actually a river but rather a drowned valley.
47yX TIL after The Verve published Bitter Sweet Symphony, the band was sued twice by former Rolling Stones managers despite having signed a license. The Rolling Stones now receive 100% of the royalties, and Mick Jagger is officially listed as composer of a song written completely by Richard Ashcroft.
VAYp TIL Sylvester Stallone’s crooked mouth is due to paralysis of the lower left side of his mouth, from birth complications. Furthermore, actor Milo Ventimiglia suffers from the same problem and subsequently starred as Stallone’s on screen son in Rocky Balboa.
dDVkQ TIL that a German Leopard tank's aiming system is so precise that it can balance a beer glass on its barrel while driving.