Today I Learned....PartII

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

 

 

CBF

[row_33]

  On 11/28/2017 at 1:59 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL when men don't masturbate for 7 days their testosterone levels increase by 45.7%.

 

 

 

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they get smart like George Constanza did

  On 11/29/2017 at 2:10 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

 

 

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I haven't processed a tax receipt in years for reparations from the FRG,  that was always shiver-inducing.

 

Edited November 29, 2017 by row_33

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL actress Kate Mara is the great-granddaughter of both Tim Mara (founder of the NY Giants) and Art Rooney (founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers). Her acting contracts have a clause stating that if any of these teams make it to the Super Bowl, she will attend the game before work.

 

CBF

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that in 2006 Michael Vick started a charity for at-risk youth. The charity spent $20,000 of its budget on programs for kids, paid $97,000 to a friend of Vick's who acted as the foundation's "fundraiser" and gave the remaining $50,000 in its bank account to Vick's financial adviser.

 

 

 

CBF

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that after marathoning Breaking Bad, Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a fan letter, saying (among other things) "Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever."

 

 

 

[Saxum]

  On 12/4/2017 at 6:02 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL that after marathoning Breaking Bad, Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a fan letter, saying (among other things) "Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever."

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Early senility? He thought there were 6 seasons.

[sherpa]

  On 11/28/2017 at 1:11 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL that whilst Filming the Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was shunned by the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion due to jealousy. Her only friend on the set was Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West

 

 

 

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Toto's owner got paid more than the Munchkins.

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that fish and chips is historically so important to the UK that in WWI, the British government made safeguarding supplies of them a priority and during WWII, Churchill refused to ration the dish.

 

 

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that Canada declared war on Japan in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor before the United States declared war the next day.

 

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL Sir Alec Guinness,Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars, disliked his character so much that advised George Lucas to kill him off under the guise of "making him a stronger character"

 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

  On 12/7/2017 at 4:11 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL Sir Alec Guinness,Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars, disliked his character so much that advised George Lucas to kill him off under the guise of "making him a stronger character"

 

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that worked so well 

 

his ghost kept coming back  

[row_33]

  On 12/7/2017 at 4:11 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL Sir Alec Guinness,Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars, disliked his character so much that advised George Lucas to kill him off under the guise of "making him a stronger character"

 

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The first Star Wars was a British production trying to regain some foothold on the lost glory of decades past.

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that if you fall asleep on a Tarantino set they will take a picture of you with a 3ft. dildo named "Big Jerry" next to your face and put it on the wall of shame. If you take it it down, it gets enlarged and put up again. If you take it down again, it gets printed on t-shirts for the whole crew.

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

  On 12/8/2017 at 3:01 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL that if you fall asleep on a Tarantino set they will take a picture of you with a 3ft. dildo named "Big Jerry" next to your face and put it on the wall of shame. If you take it it down, it gets enlarged and put up again. If you take it down again, it gets printed on t-shirts for the whole crew.

 

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Is that considered sexual harassment in Hollywood now?

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) auditioned for the role of Han Solo and after he got back from the audition, he pushed his friend Mark Hamill, who was sleeping on Englund's couch at the time, to audition for Luke Skywalker.

 

 

 

[row_33]

  On 12/8/2017 at 8:26 PM, ExiledInIllinois said:

Is that considered sexual harassment in Hollywood now?

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it's no less brainless or unfunny now than it ever has been

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that at around 20 metres underwater gravity overtakes the buoyancy of your body and you start falling towards the centre of the earth.

 

 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

  On 12/13/2017 at 2:48 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL that at around 20 metres underwater gravity overtakes the buoyancy of your body and you start falling towards the centre of the earth.

 

 

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its a good thing I don't swim 60 feet down 

[/dev/null]

  On 12/13/2017 at 2:48 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL that at around 20 metres underwater gravity overtakes the buoyancy of your body and you start falling towards the centre of the earth.

 

 

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At that depth the pressure would kill you before the free fall

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

I'm freeee  freeeeeee fallin - Tom Petty scuba diver