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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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e0X04 TIL that in 2014, a Nigerian motorcyclist discovered what is now known as the Ibadan Forest of Horror - a site where 20 decomposing human remains and hundreds of human skulls were uncovered, in what is believed to have been ritualistic killings. 20 people were found alive.
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