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TIL that when you sign up for the CVS rewards program you are agreeing to wave your HIPAA rights, and CVS can then disclose your medical information to others

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9YNkG TIL Tom Hanks agreed to play Mario in the the ‘now infamous’ live action movie “Super Mario Bros”. However, studio executives turned him down because they were worried he couldn’t handle the film’s more dramatic elements. (Clip starts at 4:26)
oBrZ7 TIL Angkor Wat actually used a much greater amount of stone than every one of the Egyptian pyramids combined. On top of that, if also occupied a surface area greater than Paris in its entirety
0dGj5 TIL about the existence of a symbol for ?!, the interrobang
GlM1 TIL That the first ever Millionaire on Who wants to be a Millionaire made it to the million dollar question without using any of his life lines and used the “phone a friend” to call his dad saying he won
W7wBN TIL of The Mynah Birds, a Canadian band from 1964 to 1967, which at one time featured Rick James and Neil Young playing together