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TIL that audiences were so convinced that the film "The Battle of Algiers" was newsreel that the American distributors put a notice that "not one foot" of newsreel was used

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wdOJ TIL Elvis Presley recieved a ‘C’ in his 8th grade music class when his teacher told him he “had no aptitude for singing”
Z8XZa TIL that in 2014 a Cockatoo celebrated it’s 100th birthday, it was also noticed by Queen Elizabeth II who sent a birthday card as is custom to 100 year olds.
wLJP1 TIL of the coffin / casket company named Lindner that has a “sexy coffin calendar”
woexY TIL Scientists genetically modified goats to spin spider silk from their udders. US Professor Randy Lewis transplanted a gene into the goats from a spider that allows the goats to produce milk containing an extra protein. This is then extracted from the goat milk and spun into spider silk thread.
PYY1e TIL John Cena has granted more than 400 Make-a-Wish requests, more than anyone in the charity’s history.