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TIL during the filming of Armed and Dangerous, Tiny Lister's stunt double family member died. John Candy paid for him to fly home in a private jet, a top hotel suite, 24 hour limo service, the funeral, and his on-set salary.

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nWyZ9 TIL about GJ 1214 b, an exoplanet that orbits a star about 48 light-years from our Sun. GJ 1214 b is the most likely known candidate for being an ocean planet or "waterworld." Due to varying pressures, ocean planet models feature steam, liquid, superfluid, high-pressure ice, and plasma-phase water.
9YL7Q TIL some Beanie Babies are still worth more than a new car.
eorn TIL in the late 80’s, Weird Al turned down 5 million dollars to star in a beer commercial. He said he turned it down because he believed that a lot of his fans were young and impressionable
MeOy0 TIL photographer Kevin Carter, famous for his photo of a vulture stalking a starving toddler, committed suicide a few months after receiving the Pulitzer Prize for his photo. He told an interviewer that after snapping the photo, he “sat under a tree for a long time, smoking cigarettes and crying”.
N7Lbb TIL that Korean art has a genre called “chaekgeori” that literally means books and things because their government banned books so they felt the need to paint real-life scale books and position them behind their seats.