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TIL In 2012, Ty Warner (owner of Beanie Babies) stopped a woman and asked for directions in Santa Barbara, Calif. The woman was trying to raise money for a stem-cell procedure she needed to save her life. After learning of her condition, Warner gifted her $20,000 for the procedure

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Vo7Z TIL that it once took Jackie Chan 2900 separate takes on one scene in the movie Dragon Lord because it was so intricate.
Wk8wX TIL that during renovation works to the Statue of Liberty before centennial celebrations in 1986, engineers found numerous defects when it was originally designed and constructed. These include the head being two metres off centre, and the right arm not being properly attached.
wRaP TIL In 1986, a beer drinking goat was elected mayor of a small town in Texas, USA
LlZ9 TIL that there is a law in the UK that states all documents must be inanimate objects, after the case of the live cow used as a cheque
0w0jN TIL Avatar (2009) was intended to have a different OST, to reflect alien cultures, and instead was replaced with more generic music after director James Cameron thought it sounded "too alien".