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TIL Casino Royale scoops a Guinness World Record for the most cannon rolls in a car. ... Stunt double Adam Kirley plays Bond in the scene in which a nitrogen cannon blows the car through the air.

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Qlm9 TIL To combat waves of kids poking each other in the eye, Moses Horwitz (Moe of The Three Stooges) got The Three Stooges to appear on TV shows to demonstrate how they did this trick safely
6xZw TIL that to leave a social gathering without saying goodbye to anyone is called the “Irish goodbye” or the “French leave”. The French call it the “filer à l'anglaise”.
16vN8 TIL about the cost of living today compared to the 1920s- 100 Years Ago
enEb TIL that coca cola has been training us to think of coke when we hear 5 notes that appear in their commercials
R7NY4 TIL that in the early twentieth century, film reels were often destroyed after their theatrical release, either by accident due to the use of flammable silver nitrate or on purpose in order to recover the silver contained in the film. As a result, an estimated 75-90% of all silent films are lost.