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TIL Manny Pacquiao built 1000 homes for poor Filipinos with the money he has won from boxing

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4k6jw TIL that in 1952, in order to see who would win the main role in a film called “Viva Zapata!”, actors Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn held a “pissing contest” in which the person who’d piss the furthest over the Rio Grande in Mexico would win the role. Marlon Brando was the champion.
0dkMR TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts have a "circular" star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Neil Armstrong and co are recognised by Hollywood not for being the first humans on the moon, but for their "contributions to the television industry". [more in comments]
xKd5 TIL The number 1.61803 is considered the secret mathematical formula for beauty. This “golden ratio” appears in everything from flower petals to human anatomy to spiral galaxies. It even inspired the design of the Greek Parthenon and Apple products.
ljMG TIL that there have been 8 Christian Prime Ministers in Japan even though the Christians make less than 1% of Japan’s population
WkBb4 Today i learned megapixels are not important in camera quality