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TIL that multiple cast and crew members were struck by lightning during the filming of The Passion of the Christ, including the actor who played Jesus.

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DQVEJ TIL the original definition of "the exception that proves the rule." Although often misused today, the phrase should apply to things like "Casual Friday," an exception that proves the existence of a dress code on other days
r6rd TIL at 15 Jim Carrey was a full time janitor, supporting his family who were living in a van. In 1990 while broke, he wrote himself a $10M check dated Nov of 1995. In 1994, he landed his breakout role in Ace Ventura, then The Mask, and Dumb & Dumber, putting him over the $10M mark by the end of 1995
adJZ TIL that there is a small group of Filipino Marines living about a rusting grounded Ship in the middle of the South China Sea, they are the only thing that stands between ever pressing Chinese Fishing and Warship vessels from De facto control of the Area.
0dZv5 TIL that Vernors, the oldest ginger soda in the U.S., is aged in wooden barrels for 3 years and is considered medicine by many Michigan natives.
gMPp4 TIL a Chinese general once scared away an army of 10,000, with a flute. The well known general sat on the wall of his undermanned city playing the flute, with the gates flung open. The opposition assumed it to be a trap and retreated.