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TIL: Rebecca Black donated the proceeds from her video "Friday" to charity

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xrlD TIL that the horse head used in The Godfather was a real horse head, not a prop. John Marley was not informed beforehand, so his scream was authentic, not scripted.
nWJBP TIL Edward Neumeier turned down a promotion to Vice-President at Universal Pictures so he could finish the RoboCop screenplay with Michael Miner
Wk7Ao TIL Thomas Jefferson believed Jesus's teachings were "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man," but that they had been appropriated by his followers, resulting in a Bible that contained both "diamonds of wisdom" and the "dung" of ancient political agendas.
6lXX TIL in WW2, Owen Baggett shot down a Japanese Zero with a M1911 .45 caliber pistol. He killed the pilot who had just shot down his B24. The Zero had returned to kill the airmen who had parachuted out. Baggett, wounded, played dead until the plane got close enough and then he shot the pilot.
EeLP TIL PBS painter Bob Ross become a star in Japan after a dubbed version of his show started airing twice a day there. When he visited Japan he was mobbed with massive fans.