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TIL the Emperor Tamarin got its name for its resemblance to German emperor Wilhelm II

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mxaxy TIL there is a company called Crowds on Demand you can use to hire actors to pose as fans, paparazzi, security guards, or protestors.
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Wk1Bo TIL it would take at least 500 survivors to repopulate the earth (without creating major issues because of inbreeding) after an apocalypse
vP1Z8 TIL that there are more trees on earth (3 trillion) than stars in the Milky Way (100-400 billion).
gNJ4 TIL that many people who saw the movie Wall Street were inspired to join the business world and model themselves after Gordon Gekko. This was the complete opposite takeaway that the film’s writers had intended