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TIL that MLB awards solid gold lifetime passes to players, execs, and even some celebrities, granting them free entry to any Major League Baseball game—for life.

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BrLL TIL that Disney wanted Robin Williams for the voice of the genie in Aladdin so much that they animated and lip-synced the genie doing actual stand-up comedy from Williams before ever approaching him. Williams was so impressed that he immediately signed on.
9xjr TIL that adjusted for inflation, Porno classic ‘Deep Throat’ is possibly the highest grossing film of the 70s, surpassing even Star Wars.
Y7O0A TIL in 2016, 19-year-old college student Austin Harrouff walked into a garage and killed two strangers, eating one of the victims' faces. He thought he was “half man, half dog” and being chased by a demon. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity
XPg8 TIL China had the worst rocket disaster in history during a 1996 launch at Xichang and covered up an estimated 500 deaths.
wobXP TIL that the laser sight used in The Terminator (1984) was a prototype that needed 10,000 volts to turn on. To use the weapon on screen, production hid a battery in Arnold Schwarzenegger's jacket and ran wires up the sleeve to attach to the sight