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TIL Daniel Day-Lewis said that his second Oscar-winning performance as vicious oil baron Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood was heavily inspired by Bogart’s portrayal of Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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a8rKy TIL Autechre almost did the music for Metroid Prime
oRePr TIL that spiny rats can break off their tails when attacked.
joQM TIL the potato chip was believed to have originated in 1853 when a chef had his fried potatoes sent back by an annoyed customer multiple times because the potatoes were “too thick”. He was fed up, cut the potatoes razor thin, and put extra salt on them. The customer, to his surprise, loved it.
Y7vrP TIL Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of JFK, brought lobotomized Rosemary to home. She also advocated intellectual dissability right, disclosed Rosmary's struggle, and founded Special Olympics
QoZp TIL that 3 years ago, 8 men successfully stole $50M worth of diamonds