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TIL author Clive Barker supported himself early in his career by occasionally working as a male prostitute for rich and secretive clients. The experience inspired him to write, "The Hellbound Heart", which was later adapted into the film, "Hellraiser"

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5YeAr TIL the Spanish Flu, which killed 5% of the world’s population, was especially lethal to healthy adults. This happened because their strong immune reactions ravaged the body, whereas the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults resulted in fewer deaths among those groups.
5VmNR TIL Americans donate the largest amount of money to charity as percent of GDP by a large margin
gMwA8 TIL that a B-25 Mitchell crashed into the side of the Empire State Building resulting in 14 deaths. Cause of the crash was zero visibility due to heavy fog
l4yB TIL that every person in the “Serbia Strong” video is a convicted war criminal of the Bosnian Genocide (Individual trials posted in the comments)
awoMo TIL that the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was first used to describe the lands controlled by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and not the British Empire as is commonly thought.