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TIL Janet Leigh was so freaked out from filming the shower scene in Psycho she only took baths afterwards.

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Ak7 TIL That Bill Gates has donated more to charity ($28 Billion) than number eight on the Forbes Rich List (Stefan Persson) is worth ($26.0 billion).
XEENj TIL That on November 11, 1918 on the last day of WW1 , General Pershing sent American troops to fight the Germans to “teach them a lesson” even though he knew an armistice was signed. Over 3,000 Americans were killed, wounded , or captured.
xVxQg TIL 75% of mammoth fossils are male, because "male mammoths—young, reckless, foolhardy—were just more likely to get into some kind of trouble and die, from getting stuck in a pit to running afoul of hunting humans." The tar pits, bogs, crevices, and lakes preserved remains well.
78e7x TIL, Japan is working on a train type of system for future travel to Moon and Mars. The project is also to enable people to live there in the future.
l6MA TIL Andrew Jackson was challenged to a duel by Charles Dickinson who was considered an expert shot. Jackson allowed him to fire first hoping his aim to be spoiled by his quickness. The bullet did miss just shy of Jackson’s heart. Dickinson had to stand there waiting for Jackson to kill him.