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TIL Matt Damon and Ben Affleck originally wrote ‘Good Will Hunting’ with an oral sex scene between the main character and his shrink to see which film execs had truly read the script. They sold the film rights to Harvey Weinstein of Miramax, the only one to mention the scene was wildly out of place

pY9Gb TIL it is nearly impossible for people to achieve proficiency in a new language similar to that of a native speaker unless they start learning by the age of 10
6Ebk8 TIL after the Civil War the demand for labor grew, and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries many children were drawn into the labor force. The number of children under the age of 15 who worked in industrial jobs for wages climbed from 1.5 million in 1890 to 2 million in 1910.
rNErx TIL before the battle of Drepana in the 1st punic war the roman navy commander Claudius Pulcher was told that the sacred chicken refused to eat. Ignoring the bad omen, he said "let's see if they'll drink instead" and threw them into the sea. He lost the battle
wKnY TIL Christopher Lee; Hunted Nazis, is related to Charlemagne and explained to Peter Jackson how a man sounds when stabbed in the back while filming LOTR. Since he had witnessed it before.
R7YR8 TIL that by tradition astronomers name lunar lava planes after states of mind, such as “Sea of Tranquility”. However when Soviets discovered a new mare, they named it Moscoviense, after Moscow. This caused strife among astronomers, until it was agreed that Moscow is, in fact, a state of mind.