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TIL that Steven Spielberg watched Seinfeld episodes while filming Schindler's List to cheer himself up.

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9Yk0p TIL that in 2006, a Sudanese man was caught committing beastiality with a neighbor’s goat. The goat’s owner insisted that since the criminal had treated the goat as his wife, he should have to marry it. Thus, the man was forced to pay a dowry of $75 USD and “married” the goat.
Noyb TIL that Jerry Springer has stated in interviews “I would never watch my show. I’m not interested in it. It’s not aimed towards me. This is just a silly show.”
BrJ8K TIL that the famous Las Vegas Strip is not actually in the city of Las Vegas. It sits immediately south of the city limits and is technically located in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester, NV.
ADg8g TIL that, while filming The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese suggested to Margot Robbie that her character Naomi would wear a robe to seduce Jordan. Margot insisted on being nude. She later explained: ‘‘The whole point of Naomi is that her body is her only form of currency in this world.’’
Yp9aB TIL the exact origins of surfing are not certain, but it was first observed by Europeans on a ship in Tahiti back in 1767. Research suggests that surfing dates back to the ancient Polynesian cultures. According to data collected and myths, the chief of a tribe was the man who could surf the best.