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TIL that it costs $30,000 to get on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A-Listers like Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Clint Eastwood, and Al Pacino don’t have a star because they didn’t pay.

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Rp5l TIL Israel admitted to administering immigrating Ethiopian women with a “long-acting” contraception without their knowledge; with the ironic goal of keeping Israel “pure”.
KOeyQ TIL: Early Jews and Christians didn't view Hell as a place of eternal punishment. You either gained eternal life by going to Heaven or you didn't get eternal life at all. Hell was where your soul went to stop existing.
aw4xL TIL before making Rocky, Sylvester Stallone was so poor that he sold his dog for $40 just to have money for food. After selling the screenplay he bought his dog back for $15000.
6Oml TIL Winston Churchill was seriously injured in NYC in 1931 when he was struck by a car while attempting to cross the street. Accustomed to British traffic, he looked the wrong way and, seeing no cars, stepped into traffic. He went out of his way to ensure the driver of the car did not get blamed.
p8ja8 TIL that in the 1960's Philip Morris increased the addictiveness of Marlboro cigarettes by chemically free-basing the nicotine, which enhances potency without changing actual nicotine levels. ABC news accused PM of spiking Marlboro's with extra nicotine, and PM sued them for 10 billion USD.