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TIL that in the film, “This is the End”, Michael Cera slapping Rihanna’s butt was real. Cera asked for Rihanna’s permission to actually slap her butt. She agreed, only if she was allowed to slap Cera back even harder in the face.

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7ravM TIL the Challenger crew, most if not all, were probably alive until impact with the ocean. A lead NASA investigator said of the commanding pilot, "Scob fought for any and every edge to survive. He flew that ship without wings all the way down."
d8lY9 TIL about Lu, America's oldest hippo, who is 60 years old. His name is short for Lucifer.
XYA6 TIL Brain scanners can detect the brain making a decision 7 seconds before the person is aware of the choice, casting doubt upon the concept of “free will”
W7Vp8 TIL a politician made up the U.S. state name “Idaho” after meeting a girl named Ida. He falsely claimed it was a Native American term.
ep6Xk TIL Only a handful of tourists today visit one of the Roman Empire’s most beautiful cities, Leptis Magna, now located in Libya. Well preserved, there has been no direct attacks or threats against this UNESCO World Heritage site