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VM6P0 TIL that Paul Stanley of KISS was born with Microtia, a condition that leaves people with no ear(s); Paul has only his left ear and is deaf on his right side.
mxdAO TIL Jordan Peele decided to make "Us" a full-on horror film due to people being generally confused over the genre of "Get Out".
4rQX TIL an Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet to help find a stranded yacht off the Australian coast. It took the passengers 25 minutes after the emergency beacon was activated to locate the yacht.
R7bR9 TIL Van Gogh sold a total of one painting during his lifetime
pxlb TIL Leslie Nielsen was known for pranking people with a portable hand-controlled fart machine. His epitaph read: “Let ‘er rip”, a final reference to his favorite practical joke.