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TIL Tyrian purple used to be worth it's weight in gold, and it took 250,000 snails to make one ounce of dye.

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wxK6 TIL Christoph Waltz received a total of 15 nominations for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. He won 11 of these, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and the BAFTA Awards for BOTH films.
bmjj TIL that until 1987, heart surgery (and other surgeries) could be performed on babies with no anaesthesia, as it was commonly thought that babies could not feel pain
neDBP TIL there was a planned Beetlejuice sequel called "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" where the Deetz family moves to Hawaii and involved Beetlejuice becoming a hero by winning a surf contest with magic. In April 2019, Warner Bros. stated the sequel remained shelved.
Yp0Nx TIL George Foreman was originally paid 40% of the profits for endorsing the George Foreman Grill. At the peak of the grill’s sales, he was making 4.5 million dollars a month.
jLmX TIL Major Donnie Dunagan was the Marines’ youngest-ever drill instructor & served 3 tours in Vietnam, where he was wounded several times. He received the Bronze Star & the Purple Heart 3 times. For his entire Marine Corps service, he kept a secret that no one knew– he was the voice of Disney’s Bambi