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TIL That Brad Pitt is banned from entering China

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R5mka TIL that on April 1, 1974, a prankster named Oliver “Porky” Bickar set fire to hundreds of old tires in the crater of Alaska's Mount Edgecumbe. Black smoke billowing from the crater convinced nearby Sitka residents that the volcano had erupted, until the prankster wrote “April Fool” on the volcano.
J1pwj TIL Keanu Reeves has a group of fungicidal compounds named after him, because the scientists who isolated the compound group described their deadliness toward mold as being comparable to the deadliness of Reeves' movie roles.
4NbX TIL During a 12 month trial of police wearing video cameras in Rialto, CA the use of force dropped by 60% and complaints against officers dropped by 88%
WkYbd TIL that Frederic Pryor [Bridge of Spies] was never consulted by producers about his experiences in the 1962 prisoner exchange and went to see the movie with his family. Afterwards, when pressed by other moviegoers why he thought the movie was ‘good but inaccurate’ he responded “I’m Frederic Pryor”
dDKgB TIL Rihanna was the first successful celebrity in English UK Law history to win a court case against a company that unauthorisedly used her image on merchandise.