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TIL the original script for Fight Club was found to be 6 hours long in the initial reading. However, the film's creators managed to cut it down to 139 minutes.

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1aBj8 TIL that Charlie Chaplin made the Hitler mocking film, "The Great Dictator", in 1940 using his own money because none of the Hollywood studios were comfortable irking the Germans as they had financial relations with them. The film is said to be one of the greatest works of Charlie Chaplin.
x6V9o TIL spray cooking oils aren't really zero calories. The label is the result of a rule which allows food companies to label it "zero" if the serving size is small enough. (In this case, a 1/3rd of a second spray is a serving size) - Above this limit, the product has calories like regular oils.
MNWV TIL That the Roman Emperor Nero married two men, once as the bride and once as the groom.
yQlbw TIL that the Treaty of Paris, the treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War, refers to the island of Phelipeaux as a landmark for the American-Canadian border. The island Phelipeaux has never existed.
9YKLQ TIL dimethyl sulfide creates the rotten meat smell. One smell created by phytoplankton causes the smell of the ocean. "The largest single commercial producer of DMS in the world is Gaylord Chemical Corporation." "DMS is highly flammable and an eye and skin irritant." DMS is VERY potent in smell.