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TIL mick jagger once bought a mansion while tripping on acid

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deOK TIL Howard Hughes’ “The Conqueror” was filmed on a nuclear test site, causing 91 cast and crew members to develop cancer. This is thought to be responsible for the deaths of John Wayne, Susan Hayward, director Dick Powell and others. It would be Hughes’ last movie.
W7be8 TIL Tom hanks is a type 2 diabetic. Significant weight fluctuations for various film roles such as A League of Their Own and Cast Away might have contributed to the diagnosis.
nW9wr TIL Isaac Newton invested in the “South Sea Company” which profited from the sale of some British goods and, more significantly and more grimly, enslaved Africans
aRyy TIL Through the process of plant grafting, you can buy a tree that grows up to 7 different fruits on it, called a “fruit salad tree.”
nkBY TIL After translating their slogan ‘Pepsi gives life’ into Chinese, Pepsi executives were stunned to discover that they’d just spent millions of dollars announcing ‘Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the Grave’ in one of their ad-campaigns in China.