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TIL - Brad Pitt was banned from China for his role in the movie “7 Years in Tibet”

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7r0g7 TIL that although the Great Chicago Fire is arguably the most famous fire in U.S. history, a far deadlier fire occurred on the same day in neighboring Wisconsin and Michigan. The Peshtigo Fire was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 2,500 people, more than any other fire in American history.
R7Ma TIL Skinny Jeans can give you “urinary tract infections, twisted testicles and bladder weakness.”
16JdW TIL Of Fisheries Observers who are employed to monitor fishing boat practices and compliance. They work alone on boats often thousands of kilometers from port. It is a dangerous job and they disappear often.
ZpEgG TIL that the famous sculpture "The Thinker" was cast in 1904. I had always figured it was from the Renaissance at earliest, maybe even ancient Rome or Greece.
0daj5 TIL that only 3 weeks after their wedding, Oscar-winning actor Gig Young [who had starred in 'Rear Window' and 'The shoot horses, don't they', Etc.] murdered his wife (who was half his age), before committing suicide himself (1978).