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TIL the falling dominoes scene in V for Vendetta involved 22,000 dominoes assembled by four professional domino assemblers for the two day shoot.

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wWJE TIL of Claudette Colvin, the 16-year-old African-American girl who refused to give up her bus seat 9 months before Rosa Parks
grgMA TIL Red Bell Peppers are used to make most store bought Paprika.
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