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TIL Avatar's infamous "sex scene" wasn't part of the original Theatrical Cut

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OodBL TIL that the youngest French resistance hero was a little boy who acted as a courier for resistance fighters, slipping past enemy patrols and carrying messages. In 1950, he was posthumously awarded the rank of sergeant of the resistance. He was Marcel Pinte, and he died for France at the age of 6.
x7A1 TIL that Ivy League admission processes with their emphasis on “well-rounded” applicants were specifically designed in the 1920’s to keep out Jews.
neAWb TIL Full House and Friends were shot on the exact same stage. When Full house wrapped production it was almost immediately redesigned for Friends.
VBjY8 TIL Christopher Walken Is Also A Trained, Talented Dancer
N7KV1 TIL that during the manhattan project, there was a legitimate concern that upon the detonation of an atomic bomb, the atmosphere would ignite and turn the earth into a mini star, killing everybody.