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TIL that Ben Affleck shut down production of the movie “Gone Girl” for four days because he refused to wear a New York Yankees cap.

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gr0ZL TIL there are multiple philosophical razors beyond Occam’s Razor, such as Hanlon’s Razor, which suggests “never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity,” and Hitchens’ Razor, which claims “what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.”
ErG7 TIL The Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) goes into effect July 1, 2014 and requires every “commercial email” to have express or implied consent (the law is applicable if the business is based outside of Canada)
Q1L6 TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio turned down the role for Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels.
0LOM TIL that in 1589 John Stubbs was sentenced by Queen Elizabeth to have his hand severed for seditious writing, and before the axe fell, he cried out, “My calamity is at hand!” - thus becoming the only known victim of Elizabeth to incorporate a pun at his dismemberment. He then fainted.
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