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TIL The classic Budweiser Frogs commercials from the 90s were directed by Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Carribean, etc.)

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0d7py TIL about the Vipeholm experiments, a series of human experiments where patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled in Lund, Sweden, were fed large amounts of sweets, including "extra sticky toffee" to provoke dental caries.
JYD94 TIL John Astin, the actor who played Gomez in the original sitcom The Addams Family, had pockets lined with asbestos. His character often pulled lit cigars out of his suit pockets, thus the need to line the jacket pockets with the deadly flame retardant
5XeP TIL that a Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed “He practiced deceit and then had it practiced on him.”
LQAyQ TIL that 'A Tale of Two Cities' (1859) by Charles Dickens is the most sold non-holy individual book of all time
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