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TIL that the cat Corleone was petting in the opening scene of “The Godfather” was a stray that wandered onto the set. Brando picking it up and petting it was not in the script

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mx5GY TIL if you're ordering and paying for extra ingredients at an U.S. restaurant you're paying on the average a 426% mark-up for extra sour cream, 417% for cheese on a burger, and 525% for any ingredients on a pizza. An unidentified pizza chain has a 636% mark up for meat in their "meat-laden" pizza.
1NP7 TIL pillbugs are actually crustaceans and not insects
R7rJa TIL that in 2015, Prince voiced his dislike of record labels saying "Record contracts are just like — I'm gonna say the word – slavery." He concluded "I would tell any young artist ... don't sign." At the time he advocated seeing artists paid directly from streaming services, cutting out middlemen.
eOD6 TIL that Romans used to call Christians atheists because they didn’t pay tribute to their gods.
R7BJ8 TIL underwater construction can be achieved by creating dry work areas underwater inside of an enclosed space called a cofferdam