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TIL that Lauryn Hill fired her management and dropped out of the public eye in 2000 because she felt too compromised for the sake of the machine and uncomfortable for smiling at someone's face even when she did not like them.

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D178g TIL Neil Armstrong was working on his farm and got his wedding ring stuck in the gears of a tractor. He didn’t get it out in time—his ring and ring finger got torn clean off. He then packed it in some ice and drove himself to the hospital to get it reattached
AD61B TIL there is no such thing as "South Detroit". "South Detroit would be Windsor, ON, Canada.
Bg7ZW TIL: In the 16th century, the Osculum Infame was the name of a witch's ritual greeting upon meeting the devil, which involves kissing his butt hole or "other mouth" and usually followed with feasting. In some cases, the role can be reversed where the witch receives the kiss.
loy65 TIL Female masturbators have a better sexual life than female non-masturbators
PVOE TIL that in the classic 1938 Errol Flynn film “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” the producers wanted a realistic ‘look’ when people were killed by arrows. Instead of SFX or editing tricks, they just hired an expert archer to shoot extras wearing padding. Extras were paid $150 each time they were shot.