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TIL Anthony Hopkins wrote a letter to Bryan Cranston, telling him his work on Breaking Bad was the best he’s ever seen

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Q1EL TIL Harrison Ford and Sean Connery filmed their conversation scenes onboard the Zeppelin in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade without pants on, because of the hot set.
y1vv TIL of the Rule of 3’s regarding the human body’s basic needs: You will die if you go without oxygen for 3 minutes, water for 3 days, or food for 3 weeks - though there are exceptions to this rule.
mxpYR TIL the German submarine U-530 surrendered to the Argentine Navy on 10 July 1945 at Mar del Plata, an Argentine reporter claimed that he had seen a police report to the effect that the submarine was transporting a officer and a civilian who might have been Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun in disguise.
4XNbR TIL not only did John Logie Baird invent the black & white television, but he also invented colour television and transatlantic television broadcasts
8Jmb TIL that before he died in a car wreck, Walter Gehring discovered a segment of DNA, called the homeobox, that has the exact same parts in organisms as diverse as fungi and humans, further indicating that all species evolve from a common ancestor.