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TIL Stanley Kubrick was asked not to depict room #217 (featured in the book) in The Shining, because future guests at the Lodge might be afraid to stay there. So a nonexistent room, #237, was substituted in the film.

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Lkn89 TIL that a herd of wandering wild elephants have become celebrities in China as they make a 15 month, 500 km odyssey from their forest reserve. Rather than capture them, the Chinese support their migration via drone monitoring and corn and pineapple food deliveries
VMmeQ TIL Dr. Leonid Rogozov developed appendicitis during the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and had to self-surgically perform an appendectomy since there were no other physicians present. He returned to work two weeks later and was eventually awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
jN6lR TIL Rob McElhenney from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" willingly gained 50 pounds in preparation for Season 7 of the show. He consumed 5000 calories per day, and only stopped when his doctor said that his lifestyle was putting too much stress on his heart.
7gg7 TIL Samsung’s chairman went on a three day rant to his hundreds of executives in a German hotel conference room. Samsung took his speech, turned it into a book about management and used it as its guiding principles from there on in.
j6e1j TIL Sparta was defeated in battle by an elite Theban unit called the Sacred Band. The unit was made up of 150 pairs of male lovers who would fight harder with their lover by their side.