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TIL Heads may remain lucid for a period of time following decapitation and it appears to be more than reflexive nerve action. Reports include specific and changing facial expressions, blinking, and eye contact with observers.

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4X4M5 TIL Richard Dean Anderson and a bushel of other 80 action stars all turned down the role of John McClane in Die Hard before Bruce Willis was chosen for the role.
KYLYQ TIL that the infamous Whitest Kids U Know sketch "It's Illegal to Say..." was involved in a fairly high-profile Supreme Court case. The defendant posted an altered version of the controversial sketch's script with his wife's name being substituted in place of the President.
WkPaA TIL Pop singer Kesha was born with a quarter inch vestigial tail. She commented "I had a tail when I was born...they chopped it off and stole my tail...I’m really sad about that story".
xV80B TIL of Bobby Driscoll, famous Disney child actor in the 1940s and 50s (including the voice of Peter Pan), who died penniless and alone at age 31 in an abandoned NYC building. When his body went unclaimed, he was buried in an unmarked grave.
Pd9e TIL The actor who flew “da choppa” away in the last scene of Predator – Kevin Peter Hall – also played the role of The Predator.