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TIL That Clint Eastwood’s first movie role was a minor role in ‘Revenge of the Creature’ the low budget sequel to 'Creature from The Black Lagoon’.

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r8vx TIL Nikola Tesla was able to do integral calculus in his head, leading his teachers to believe he was cheating.
7eDO TIL an 82 year old millionaire has hidden a 40lb treasure chest worth millions somewhere in NM and supplied a cryptic treasure map leading to its location. In the 3 years since he buried the treasure, no one has found it. (Map in link)
OGPwR TIL that “Madison” was nearly unheard of as a girls’ name until 1984. In the film “Splash,” released that year, Daryl Hannah’s character names herself Madison after reading a street sign. Tom Hanks’ character tells her that Madison isn’t a real name.
E7eW TIL the parody national anthem of Kazakhstan from Borat was accidentally downloaded and played for a Kazakh gold medalist in shooting
R7wg8 TIL that in 2006, a Norwegian woman living in an apartment above a pub, suddently found her kitchen tap pouring beer, and not water, due to a plumbing error in the pub.