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TIL in a 7-hour operation, a 17-year-old had 232 of his teeth surgically removed

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b9ZbQ TIL After Jean-Claude Van Damme's biggest movie hit (Timecop 1994), he was offered a 3 picture deal at $12M per picture. He turned it down and demanded he get the same deal as Jim Carrey - $20M per movie. He was rejected and his career never recovered. He later admitted he "acted like an idiot"
6Ev1W TIL in 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI's moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979. He was eventually caught in 2001 and is currently serving 15 consecutive life sentences.
loPAa TIL 139 diners were offered an all-you-can-eat buffet at an upscale restaurant for either $4 or $8. They ate exactly the same food and the same amount, but those who paid $8 rated their meal an average of 11 % higher. The $4 diners were more likely to feel guilty and that they'd overeaten.
N7V1E TIL in 2003 unknown Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman proved the long awaited Poincaré conjecture publishing it openly. He is the only person to reject Fields Medal, Clay Millennium prize of $1,000,000 and EMS prize. He has since vanished back to obscurity.
0wm9L TIL carrots are orange because of the dutch who used it to honor their leader in the battle for independence