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TIL that 7% of the humans who ever lived are alive today.

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VbYD TIL that in 1994, a brewery in Oregon brewed and then froze 300 gallons of barleywine. In 2013, they bottled and sold 12oz. bottles for $2,000 a piece.
PYkae TIL that John Wilkes Booth’s grave is marked by a small plain headstone in his family’s plot. Every day people show their “respect” play placing pennies on it facing downwards.
R0d1 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger was originally cast to play Kyle Reese in the original Terminator, but after reading the script asked James Cameron to play the role of the machine, telling Cameron “trust me”