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TIL Nails at one time were so expensive that people would burn down old barns just to recover their nails.

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MevxV TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't supposed to eat a raw bison liver during the shooting of "The Revenant." The idea was to eat a red, gelatinous pancake, but because it didn't resemble the real thing, the vegetarian decided to eat the raw liver. He later stated that he won't repeat that ever again.
xE8o TIL there is a giant straw goat in Sweden that has been burned down 28 times since 1966
loP5a TIL the term "meritocracy" was coined by Michael Young in his 1958 dystopian essay "The Rise of the Meritocracy" to demonstrate the social dysfunctions he predicted arising in societies where the elites believe that they are successful entirely on the basis of merit.
nmJP TIL Food Network’s Alton Brown began his career in cinematography and film production. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was the cinematographer for several music videos, including “The One I Love” by R.E.M.
nWxEb TIL that lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.