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TIL hat Richard Pryor's off-screen drug issues cost both him and Gene Wilder a major success. They were originally set to star as the leads in Trading Places

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yVWxM TIL there is a Japanese organization, White Hands, which offers "ejaculation help" for males with disabilities who cannot physically masturbate due to paralysis, muscle atrophy, incurable disease, or cerebral palsy.
1aYwX TIL about the Faint young Sun paradox that in Earths early history the energy output of the Sun was only 70% of what it is today, yet earth had liquid water and a climate hospitable to the formation of life, rather than the frozen environment that it should be with the Sun's reduced energy.
kOnYg TIL Napoleon's title le petit caporal does not actually refer to his height, but is instead an endearing term that reflects on his camaraderie with ordinary soldiers.
P1d1g TIL Ulysses S. Grant would include two groomsmen in his wedding: James Longstreet and Cadmus Wilcox. Seventeen years later, General Longstreet and General Wilcox would surrender to General Grant at Appomattox, ending the American Civil War.
rNOQe TIL If people focus strongly on their goals, their Reticular Activating System (RAS) in the brainstem is actively working to provide them with specific information, facts, individuals who can assist, and opportunities to help achieve their goals.