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TIL A homeless man was given a main acting role in a movie (Joe) starring Nicholas Cage, then died 2 months after filming ceased

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ANXY7 TIL WW1 Ace Of Aces Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker was once stranded at sea for 24 days and survived by eating a seagull that landed on his head.
vE98 TIL bestiality was not illegal in Washington until 2005, when a man named Kenneth Pinyan died from internal injuries from having receptive anal sex with a horse on film. At a horse brothel. TIL there’s a thing called a horse brothel.
xV5lk TIL Drunk Americans spend $30.4 billion on spontaneous online purchases.
wgg7 TIL the phrase “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride” was popularized by Listerine in ads featuring a lovelorn woman unable to find a husband due to her halitosis. The same ad coined the term “halitosis.”
LJLV TIL A Japanese farmer discovered a gold seal while repairing an irrigation ditch in 1784. The seal turned out to be 95% pure gold and was a gift from the Chinese Emperor to a Japanese envoy from 54 CE, the earliest recorded date of contact between the two countries.