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TIL in the movie "There Will Be Blood", Paul Dano had originally been cast in the smaller role of Paul Sunday. Two weeks into filming, Dano replaced the actor playing Eli Sunday and only had four days to prepare for the much larger role.

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OobnL TIL In 1924, a man named W.O. Bashman found a 40.23 carat diamond in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Nicknamed the "Uncle Sam Diamond," it was the largest diamond ever discovered in North America. It was later cut down to 12.42 carats and sold for $150,000 in 1971 (about $800,000 today).
YpVdA TIL: In 2004, George Harrison and Prince were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, and other famous guitarists were playing “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Prince took the last solo and threw his guitar in the air at the end. They don't know where the guitar went.
ANOXn TIL the Narrator of Forensic Files (Peter Thomas) was a WWII army veteran who at Age 19, stormed the beaches of Normandy, fought in the Ardennes Offensive, and earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star
b9dmN TIL that Lawrence Taylor, Considered by Many to be the Greatest Defensive Football Player of All Time, Was Actively Addicted To Crack For Much of His Career Smoking 3 Days A Week Or More In The Same Year That He Won an MVP Trophy
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