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TIL Most of Sony’s total global revenue comes from selling life insurance in Japan

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d8xlr TIL About the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. Regarded as a genius in her time, she was hated by her mother and her brother for her artistic lifestyle. They had her committed to different asylums for the last 30 years of her life, and took all her money. She was buried with the poor.
yVj9M TIL after losing 63lbs for his role in "The Machinist" where he weighed 120lbs, Christian Bale had to gain 100lbs in 6 months to star in "Batman Begins" but then had to lose 30lbs again before filming because he bulked up too much.
ep6r4 TIL that it is illegal to possess or collect eagle feathers in the United States, and only members of a federally recognized native American tribe may legally possess them.
v1Q9j TIL that Johnny Cash once got into a fight with an ostrich and lost. The ostrich broke two of his ribs and left him with a massive cut on his stomach.
d8GoQ TIL that between 1968 and 2000, directors would use the pseudonym Alan Smithee to discredit themselves on projects they were dissatisfied with