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TIL that the former CEO and owner of Segway died from Segwaying off a cliff.

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QrLp TIL Richard Branson’s mom once got caught in a fire at her son’s Caribbean island home. Kate Winslet who was also at the house at the time picked her up and helped her down four steps. At the time of the incident they were watching Titanic on DVD.
yVZKa TIL Sally Field's son Peter Craig is a screenwriter with credits on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2, Bad Boys for Life, The Batman and Top Gun: Maverick. Her other son Eli Craig directed the cult hit Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil.
Ekew TIL we refer to money as ‘bucks’ because we used to trade with deerskin
eP75 TIL that the most profitable item on McDonald’s menu is its fountain drink. It costs between 13 and 18 cents to produce a drink. Therefore, when you buy a fountain drink for $1.00, they are gaining more than 80% profit per fountain drink.
pYrX4 TIL: A tesseract can unfold to a perfectly uniform cross, or fold into a five-dimensional configuration.