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TIL producer Brian Grazer had doubts about making 8 Mile with Eminem when Em was reportedly having an issue with Elton John. However, Tom Hanks convinced him to not drop the movie by responding, "Are you crazy? That’s another character...That’s Slim Shady. He doesn’t even take it seriously".

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5Yx09 TIL that George Lucas told Carrie Fisher not to wear a bra under her white dress in Star Wars A New Hope "because nobody wears underwear in Space".
KjZR TIL That the U.S. prison population is about 25 percent of the world’s prisoners even though the country itself holds only 5 percent of the world’s population.
dDNLQ TIL that although Charles Dawson was implicated after his death for the Piltdown hoax involving fabricating human remains, he may have been involved in as many as 38 forgeries. These included falsifying Roman artifacts by casting them in iron, creating and planting fossils, and forging stone stools.
Wakd TIL: A B-17 gunner put out an ammunition fire during a battle by urinating on it - later earning a Medal of Honor
v14ox TIL Chumbawamba was at the forefront of the 1980s anarcho-punk movement.