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TIL XXX on cartoon jugs of alcohol originally denoted three time distilled, resulting in almost pure alcohol content.

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Lkwlm TIL in 2002 producer Kanye West suffered a car crash that led to a fractured jaw. This lead him to write his debut single “Through the Wire”, which he recorded with his jaw still wired shut from the operation.
0dY7M TIL Kate Winslet was part of 2 Oscar nominations, where two actors portrayed the same character in a single film. First time for "Rose" in Titanic (1997) being nominated with Gloria Stuart, and 2nd time for "Iris Murdoch" in Iris (2001) being nominated with Dame Judi Dench.
w8D6 TIL that Converse Chuck Taylors have fuzz on the soles so that they can be classified as slippers, which are subject to much lower U.S. import tariffs than sneakers.
pwQQ TIL the brain can be kept alive outside the body for days.
mG1v TIL the Roman emperor Nero kicked his pregnant wife to death and then felt so bad about it that he found a young boy that looked uncannily like her, had him castrated and married him.