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TIL in 2005 the word "Mate" was banned in the Australian Federal Parliament. The ban was revoked within 24 hours.

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R57N4 TIL that there were Italian POWs in Riverside, California in 1942
8lwb TIL that due to complications during Sylvester Stallone’s birth, the doctors misused two pairs of forceps, accidentally severing a nerve and causing paralysis in parts of his face. This accident has given him his snarling look and slightly slurred speech.
l7jO7 TIL that the longest concert ever was 437 hours 54 minutes and 40 seconds
N6eP TIL: A Japanese CEO took a pay-cut along with the employees during recession, and, when told about America’s rich-poor pay-gap, said “We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics.”
ZkPo TIL that for her role of Amy in Gone Girl, Rosamund Pike gained and lost 13 lbs 3 times to play the character at different times in her life. She consumed hamburgers & malts to gain the weight & exercised with a professional boxer for up to 4 hours a day & ran 5 miles (in 42 minutes) to lose weight