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TIL the founder of Herbalife died after overdosing on non-herbal sleep aids

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7rlKp TIL that the “You Think I’m Funny?” scene in Goodfellas was based off of Joe Pesci’s real life. Scorsese allowed Pesci & Liotta to improvise the scene. He did not tell the other actors in the scene what would happen because he wanted their genuine surprised reactions.
Z8k8B TIL: The USSR had a four-part process for subverting other countries, and spent 85% of its time and budget on psychological warfare, as described by a defector. The over 25-year process included phases of demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization.
LMEQ TIL Bill Gates purchased the Codex Leicester, one of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook, for a whopping $30.8 million, and made it openly available on Windows Vista.
kOKNg TIL: An American Bigfoot hoaxer was run over and killed as he stood in the road trying to startle drivers.
e6kE TIL that once the Babylonians could predict when solar eclipses would occur, they would install a substitute king during this period. As they believed that these eclipses were an evil omen, this substitute king could be blamed. (He usually was killed after - of course making the omen true.)