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TIL Paul Newman was so embarrassed by his film debut he put out an advertisement in Variety magazine apologizing for his performance

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OGXR6 TIL that China did not issue birth certificates prior to 1996. Before that, births had to be registered in the hukou or household registration system.
nWyob TIL about the Darien scheme - an attempted Scottish colony that lost nearly a quarter of their wealth, playing a large role in the joining Great Britain in the Acts of Union 1707
ADEWg TIL that scientists tried — and failed — to make a knife out of frozen poop, debunking a story that an Inuit (Eskimo) man fashioned a knife out of his own frozen feces.
gnj4 TIL Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong’s cranky old grandfather, was actually the original antagonist from the 1981 arcade game
LkkQ TIL: There is a $20,000 home theater device offered by Prima Cinema, which automatically sends Hollywood films to customers’ home systems the day they premiere.