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TIL: Jack Nicholson made nearly $90 million for playing Joker in Batman

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MvM7 TIL that there are no laws to prohibit professional sports leagues (I.e NFL, NBA, MLB, etc) from fixing their own games for increased revenue or any other purpose.
epryg TIL that in paranormal folklore, people who die suddenly or violently (like in an accident or murder) are believed to be more likely to become ghosts because their spirit is “shocked” and full of unresolved energy, while people who die from illness are thought to be less likely to linger as spirits
8aaKG TIL that Jay Z while celebrating his fifth year wedding anniversary with Beyonce bought a $4 million private island in Bahamas for his family.
Z8YDQ TIL in 1958 A chemical operator at Los Alamos was killed after plutonium in a mixing tank went supercritical, exposing him to over 30Gy of hard radiation. After 24 hours his bone marrow contained no red blood cells
Qbve TIL ‘Sid Vicious asked Lemmy, the bassist of Motörhead, to teach him how to play bass with the words, “I can’t play bass,” to which Lemmy replied “I know.”’