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TIL in California, regardless of store policy, gift cards with a value less than $10 are redeemable in cash.

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e1Kk TIL That Sean Bean is so scared of Helicopter flying that he preferred to hike miles up a mountain in full costume to film Lord of the Rings scenes
dDjD7 TIL Cary Grant turned down The Bridge on the River Kwai just to work with Marlon Brando in The Pride and the Passion. But Brando, calling the script “mediocre at best,” bailed. Grant filmed it with Sinatra instead, and it flopped, while The Bridge on the River Kwai became an Oscar-winning classic.
OoQYL TIL A huge oak tree transfers almost 40,000 gallons (151,000 litres) of water into the atmosphere in one year.
167l7 TIL that Desoxyn is used to treat brain injuries and is essential for cognitive development and processing since it inhibits presynaptic monoamines which increase the synaptic production of dopamine which is vital for regeneration of the brain and without it causes suicidal depression.
W7Vd TIL that for part of the year Herring breed so voraciously that the shorelines of Alaska become coated in a thick scum of sperm.