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TIL Bruce Willis suffered from severe stuttering as a child. He discovered the stutter disappeared while performing in a school play through the memorization of lines. While studying acting in college it was the combination of acting and speech therapy which helped him overcome his condition.

kJOW4 TIL Lake Constance is the only place in Europe without clear borders as the countries that intersect it disagree over who has sovereignty. Austria thinks they own the lake equally as a condominium, Switzerland insists the border runs down the middle, and Germany's opinion is basically ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
gr1d4 TIL that airline flight attendants aren't paid until the airplane doors are closed, nor are they covered by insurance or workers' compensation until the doors are closed. (Delta, SkyWest and United have forms of coverage.) This policy discourages them from helping put luggage in overhead bins.
lkaA TIL that The Lego Movie nailed down so much details to the point they rendered finger-smudge marks and wear and tear that the piece would probably suffer.
gr0D9 TIL a team of archeologists uncovered the largest manmade stone block ever discovered in Baalbek, Lebanon. The block, which was found in a limestone quarry measures 64 feet by 19.6 feet by 18 feet and weighs an estimated 1,650 tons. The block likely dates back at least 2,000 years, to around 27 BC.
pyZG TIL chocolate milk was invented by Jamaicans, then popularized in Europe by an Irish botanist who sold it as medicine