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TIL that after arriving in Los Angeles at 19, a broke Charlize Theron tried to cash a check from her mother to pay for rent, but the teller refused. She got into a shouting match with him, drawing the attention of a talent agent behind her, who introduced her to casting agents and an acting school.

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6EpMl TIL that one of the rarest fish in the world is the Devils Hole Pupfish. They are only found in Devils Hole a water filled cavern in Nevada and are critically endangered with only 136 fish left in the wild.
MeB8B TIL Codpiece (Middle English: cod, meaning “scrotum”), feature of 15-16th c. men’s fashion, was shaped & padded to emphasize the genital area. It became fashionable to design the codpiece to hold the penis in a position insinuating it was erect constantly—a statement of political and economic power.
0d8Wy TIL that the Super Bowl halftime dancers don't know about any special guests until the day of the performance
VlDk TIL that 10 Syrian Pound coins are so similar to Norway’s 20 krone coins in weight that vending machines cannot tell the difference. Posten Norge had to close many of their coin-to-cash machines because of this. 20 krone is worth about 45 times more than 10 SP.
nAZb TIL in galactic years, the Sun is about 20 years old and will die at the age of 54.