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TIL Brad Pitt created a cashmere line with a friend after she had a dream about him telling a stylist he wanted more 'green and softness in his life'. He told her that he actually said that same thing to a stylist around the same time. The two took it as a sign from the Universe to start a company.

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oWWo TIL the first recorded flight of a human with artificial wings happened in the year 6 CE. Emperor Kao Yang liked to strap kites to his prisoners and throw them off of towers. One lucky guy, Yuan Huang T'ou, got a kite that worked well enough to carry him safely to the ground.
a86M TIL there was a harbor seal capable of imitating basic human speech, mimicking his owner’s most uttered phrase: “Hey, get outta here!”
X05w8 TIL that Match Day for medical residents exists in which a single organization chooses all medical residencies in a single day. This organization serves to keep the number of residencies low, causing the infamous 80-100 hour resident workweek, and congress passed laws to keep this practice legal.
d8A0j TIL the CIA once failed at bribing Mr Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore, which was then relatively undeveloped. After he revealed this in an interview, the US denied the incident. In a rage, Mr LKY revealed a letter he received from then US Secretary of State and threatened to disclose further information.
R5kba TIL that Leon Spinks was the only person to take the world title from the defending Muhammad Ali, as Ali had only previously lost when he was the challenger or when the title wasn’t on the line.