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TIL that it was only after Mel Gibson personally underwrote Robert Downey Jr's liability insurance that his career took off again

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mxR8E TIL that divorce decrees in Canada circa 1950 could stipulate that a woman must remain chaste in order to continue receiving spousal support
5Y6R8 TIL in 2014 four black bears split 90lbs of chocolate and doughnuts and all died from theobromine poisoning (chocolate overdose)
1aJMW TIL that of the almost 200 countries in the world, only 22 have never been invaded by Great Britain.
Bgb5e TIL about Saint Guinefort, a legendary 13th-century French greyhound that received local veneration as a folk saint. Despite repeated prohibitions by the Catholic Church, the cult of this dog saint persisted for several centuries, with the last known visit to the Saint occurring in the 1940s
aJNJ TIL US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.