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TIL that Glenn Close attended the 102 Dalmatians premiere in character as Cruella de Vil, and even had some writers come up with Cruella-esque responses to expected journalist questions

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LQWpv TIL the claim that a disinfectant kills only 99.99% of germs isn't due to a flaw in the product, but rather to protect the company from false advertising lawsuits.
0dwnp TIL both the Japanese and Chinese patented the experimentation of female sperm for various reasons. The Chinese being for reproduction purposes; they experienced a breakthrough in 2018 when 29 baby mice were born from two female parents.
VMQ8Q TIL that composer John Williams has been nominated for 51 Academy Awards (winning 5) second only to Walt Disney who has 59. Williams has been nominated in six different decades, receiving his first for Valley of the Dolls in 1968 and his last for Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2018.
Me10b TIL Patrick Stewart didn't know who Sting was when they were working on Dune together, and when he asked him what band he played for and Sting answered "The Police," Stewart responded, "You're in a police band?"
l171 TIL that on this day in 1959, Five hundred thousand American steelworkers went on strike, closing nearly every steel mill in the country.