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TIL The word “sinister” is a word English took from Latin meaning “left handed”

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l78wN TIL Alfred Hitchcock planned for a suspenseful chase scene at Disneyland for his upcoming project "The Blind Man", but Walt Disney refused because Hitchcock made "that disgusting movie Psycho" and forbid him to film his projects anywhere in the park.
m18eY TIL wild mammals account for only 4% of the total mammal biomass on Earth (humans account for 36% and domesticated livestock 60%)
X05Vj TIL: Antilia is one of the most expensive private residences in the world, costing over $1 billion. The billionaire had his entire family live in the 27 story home which requires 600 servants and has 168 car garage, 9 elevators, a theatre, pool, ballroom, and snow room. It was built on an orphanage.
W7w4A TIL that the Japanese founder of McDonald’s Japan authored “The Jewish Way of Doing Business”. The book was an immediate success and went on to sell over a million copies.
paDe TIL a 66 year old man went to the hospital because of stomach pain, to discover he had been a woman his whole life.