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TIL that Keanu Reeves gave his share of ticket sales for the Matrix sequels (which was contractually his right and was around $38 million) to add to the special effects budget of the movies. He also gave each member of the stunt department for Matrix:Reloaded a Harley Davidson as a thank you.

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BGAy TIL that Sir Isaac Newton likely died an 84 year old virgin.
P176g TIL there are many widely varying names of Germany, with roots similar to: 'Germany' in 53 languages; 'Allemagne' in 30 languages; 'Deutschland' in 23 languages; 'Niemcy' in 17 languages; and 'Saksa' in 6 languages
ne0gr TIL about the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain which was founded in 1977 for people proud of their incompetence. The club was forced to closed when the founder sold a book which became a bestseller and the club receiving thousands of applications "Even as failures, we failed"
pY4bQ TIL about an operation where the Nazi gov't plotted to airdrop the UK with forged banknotes and collapse the British economy. They had successfully introduced forged banknotes into Britain earlier, but this operation failed, and many of the notes were sunk in 2 Austrian lakes.
4kAkg TIL there are gendered differences in the sexual attractiveness of smiles among heterosexuals: while men are more likely to prefer women who look happy & least attracted to those who appear proud, women are less likely to be attracted to happy/smiling men & prefer those who look proud or brooding.