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TIL Kevin Conroy (voice actor for Batman) went to Juiliard and was roommates with Robin Williams there

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rnd TIL that Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, wore a fat suit, ear extenders, and false teeth.
PYvJJ TIL that in 1670, against a judge's instructions, a jury refused to find two men guilty. The judge held the jury in contempt; locked them up overnight without food, water or heat; and fined them. On appeal, the Chief Justice ruled that a jury could not be punished for returning the wrong verdict.
D1mxe TIL In 1976, Bob Marley planned a Non-Political Free Concert 'Smile Jamaica' which led to an Assassination Attempt. Bob would Survive & Perform the 90-Minute Set, still Healing from the Gunshot Wound.
rNwmx TIL the median age in Japan & Germany is 48 years old, which is 10 years older than in the US
vJe7 TIL the Millennium Tower in San Francisco, a 58-story luxury high-rise whose ‘cheaper apartments’ sell for $2 million, is sinking and tilting to one side - raising fears it may eventually topple over - because “to cut costs, Millennium did not drill piles to bedrock”.