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TIL that following the success of Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), Jim Carrey became the first comic actor to receive a $20 million upfront salary when he starred in The Cable Guy (1996).

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ddKj TIL: In 1979, a mummified steppe bison named Blue Babe was discovered in Alaska. While preparing the specimen for display, the research team decided to stew and eat part of the mummy’s neck to “celebrate the accomplishment”.
wLglo TIL that the town of Anadyr 1 was a secret Soviet nuclear base
l7DKK TIL: That the Mixtecs milked murex sea snails for a purple dye called tixinda instead of crushing them like the Romans did for Tyrian purple.
M7R07 TIL - The US Army once gave a very passionate disadulation to cyclists who tried to make leisure bicycling in the Arlington National Cemetery legal. Partially due to cyclists refused to yield to funeral precessions.
kJ6K7 TIL that the Simon and Garfunkel's song "Bridge Over Troubled Water" inverts the meaning of "troubled water" found in traditional African-American spirituals. The original line the song was based on was by Gospel singer Claude Jeter and referred to a bridge over "deep" water, not troubled.