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TIL: A Japanese cup of rice is not a cup of rice (sort of)
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TIL during the filming of “Titanic” someone put the drug PCP in lobster chowder that was served to the cast and crew. 80 people were hospitalized with hallucinations. Upon hearing of this James Cameron made himself vomit before the effects of the drug fully kicked in.
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TIL that Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta) is a self-proclaimed wizard. His comic Promethea was his most powerful spell and was intended to end the world. More in the comments.
WPO4
TIL that Margaret Cho was rejected by a producer on her show All American Girl. Still heart broken, she looked him up 17 years later to find out that he had bludgeoned his wife to death and put her in his attic where she partially mummified. She wrote a song about him.
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TIL about a failed 1850s rival to the telegraph, which involved pairs of snails and the hypothesis that snails formed permanent telepathic links after they had sex.
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TIL there’s a bar in Denver, CO where you flip a coin after you order your drink. If you guess correctly, you get your drink for free. If you get it wrong you pay double.