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TIL of Senator Birch Bayh, the only person since the Founding Fathers to have authored two Constitutional amendments.

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awG9M TIL While filming Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in Romania, Nicolas Cage spent a night alone in Bran Castle near Transylvania, the inspiration for Dracula’s residence in the original Bram Stoker novel. Cage stayed in the fictional vampire’s home to ‘channel his energy.’
m1W4v TIL the Foxconn suicides were a spate of suicides linked to low pay and brutal working conditions at the Foxconn City industrial park in Shenzhen, China, that occurred alongside several additional suicides at various other Foxconn-owned locations and facilities in mainland China.
vPZ5B TIL otters have little pockets to keep their favourite rocks in when breaking stuff open
4Gxg TIL that popcorn became the default movie goer snack during the great depression when vendors saw an opportunity to sell a cheap snack.
QAmL TIL that in 1953, an Australian Centurion main battle tank survived a nuclear test only 500 yards away. Despite damage from the explosion, it was still functional. It served for 23 more years, including 15 months of service in Vietnam