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miragen125 OP t1_jd7ubwl wrote

Reply to comment by miragen125 in TIL that a French Soldier called Albert Severin Roche, had personally captured 1,180 prisoners. He was called the "first soldier of France" by allied supreme commander Marechal Foch by miragen125

>One day, Roche’s unit was hit by a massive artillery strike. In the mountains they could not dig deep trenches, so the artillery shells devastated their ranks. In fact, everyone but Roche was killed by the bombardment. Albert took the rifles of his fallen comrades and prepared to sell his life dearly. As the Germans arrived, he gave them hell. Firing every rifle in the row, and throwing grenades down the slopes, he forced the Germans to abort the attack and retreated

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TheClearcoatKid t1_jd7tb29 wrote

Reply to TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone

When Carl Reiner was informed that there was interest in rebooting the show, he told the producers, “It didn’t work. The show was cancelled.”

They told him, “Don’t worry about it. We’ll get a better actor to play you.”

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iamtheju t1_jd7p5jb wrote

Reply to comment by hotpants86 in TIL that Al Pacino boycotted the 45th academy awards in 1973, because despite having more screen time than Marlon Brando, he was nominated for best supporting actor and not best actor. by VengefulMight

You nominate for the Oscar you think you can win. It happens all the time. It's understandable that he wanted the bigger nomination but the other poster is correct that he had no chance against Brando.

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