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TIL Rick Kosick of Jackass/Wildboyz fame took the iconic photograph on the cover for Deftones' Around the Fur

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xVe65 TIL When Princess Diana went to Disneyland she made her sons Harry and William wait in line just like everyone else.
pYeDO TIL John Wojtowicz, who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in 1972 to pay for his wife Eden's gender reassignment surgery. Wojtowicz had based his plans on the movie, "The Godfather" (1972), which he had watched earlier that day
yQABl TIL that the phrase "Keep calm and carry on" was originally coined by the British in 1939 to boost the morale of the public in preparation of mass air attacks on cities during WW2. A copy of the original poster was discovered in 2000, and since then, it has become trending once more.
yQlNp TIL that George Miller, famous for his post-apocalyptic Australian action franchise Mad Max, also wrote and directed the dancing penguins musical comedy franchise Happy Feet.
XENmk TIL the people who created the lie detector were the same people who created Wonder Woman. Her “lasso of truth” is a nod to them.