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TIL that a man died after drinking $54,000 worth of methamphetamine, after mistaking it for fruit juice.

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eknL TIL Gregory Peck turned down top billing for ‘Roman Holiday’,convincing executives to give it to Audrey Hepburn saying : “I’m smart enough to know this girl’s going to win the Oscar in her first picture, and I’m going to look like a damned fool if her name is not up there on top with mine.”
v1JV8 TIL The only daughter of Joseph Stalin lived in a small Wisconsin town until her death in 2011
d8ZYK TIL in 1925, wanting publicity for his television, John Logie Baird went to the Daily Express to promote it. The editor was so terrified by his invention that he said, "For God's sake, go down to reception and get rid of a lunatic who's down there. He says he's got a machine for seeing by wireless!"
yVVkw TIL that no one really knows the origin of the scoring system in Tennis
vOvj TIL the actor who played character Random Task in Austin Powers (the parody of Odd Job from 007 films) is serving a life sentence for torture and rape.