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TIL Oscar-nominated 'A Star Is Born' cinematographer Matthew Libatique, ASC was arrested at the 2018 Camerimage Festival in Poland for a drunken assault

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xRVg TIL when Elon Musk was 28 in the year 2000 he contracted one of the most lethal forms of Malaria while on vacation in South Africa and nearly died, losing 45 pounds and taking six months to recover. He cites this near-death experience as the moment that gave him a renewed focus and energy.
xVlZ0 TIL that commercial DNA testing companies such as Ancestry.com and 23AndMe can send your dna profile to the police, keep it for up to ten years or can even share them to others.
LQLOZ TIL the shape created by bending a rod is called an "elastica curve"
moY TIL Louis CK dropped his management agency because they asked Joe Rogan to apologize to Carlos Mencia for outing him as a joke theif.
VXx0 TIL Virgins in Iran are married/raped before being executed because the Koran forbids the killing of virgins.