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TIL that an entomologist called Justin Schmidt allowed plenty of venomus insects to sting him in order to record the pain intensity in what's called "Schmidt pain Scale".

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Zpyma TIL Bill Murray doesn't have an agent and only fields offers via a voice mailbox that he rarely checks. Apparently this is how he missed out on films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Monsters Inc, The Squid and the Whale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Little Miss Sunshine, he never checked
VM8Yp TIL researchers asked four people to do random acts of kindness for others. Not only did it improve their own mood, but caused those strangers to be kinder to other people too. There is a ripple effect to kindness.
JQYk TIL Horror director Eli Roth showed villagers in a remote native village deep in the Peruvian Amazon the controversial 1980 horror film “Cannibal Holocaust”. To show them what a movie was. The villagers thought it was a comedy and the funniest thing they’ve ever seen.
BVWW TIL In Newfoundland there is a berry called a bakeapple. The word comes from French “Baie qu'appelle?” meaning “What’s this berry called?”
Qy49 TIL that if you are an Australasian citizen and your passport is lost/stolen you can visit a Canadian consul for a temporary passport.