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TIL a single strand of spaghetti is a spaghetto

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6YMW TIL that in the 1966 film adaptation of “Fahrenheit 451” the credits are spoken, not read, in keeping with the film’s theme of destruction of reading material.
5WoD TIL an FBI informant investigating corruption in LA jail was transferred to different jails, kept in isolation, held under various aliases, and watched around the clock to prevent FBI handlers from finding him. The corruption included brutality and staging “gladiator style fights” between inmates.
oRRwW TIL That Olympus Mons the largest mountain in the Solar System is about two and a half times the size of Mount Everest
d8vJr TIL there exists 2 pornographic movies from 1993 based on the Super Mario video game series called „Super Hornio Brothers” that Nintendo bought rights to, in order to halt their distribution.
7ryD7 TIL Marlon Brando refused to memorise his lines in 'Last Tango in Paris'. Cue cards were posted around & out of the frame. His eyes lifting upward in one act was not spontaneous dramatic acting but a search for his next cue card. And once asked if he could "write lines on Maria Schneider's rear end"