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TIL while filming the 1997 movie "Gummo", Harmony Korine insisted on using regular people and places. Some of the houses were so disgusting that most of the film crew insisted on wearing hazmat suits during filming.

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9EBB TIL in 2009, a hard ground ball hit Adrián Beltré in the crotch which landed him on the 15-day disabled list. In his first game back from the DL, teammate Ken Griffey Jr. conspired with those responsible for the PA system to have Beltré’s at-bat intro music be the waltz from The Nutcracker Suite
J1MmV TIL The Japanese government fearing that the Americans occupying Japan would behave as Japanese troops had overseas, set up a front organization (Recreation and Amusement Association) to establish brothels, asking patriotic Japanese women to sacrifice themselves as "comfort women" for the Americans.
BrpNb TIL In 552AD two monks successfully smuggled silkworm eggs in their walking sticks from China to the Byzantine Empire, essentially ending the silk monopolies of China and Persia, and bringing silk manufacture to Europe.
GYWNg TIL of Prize Insurance, which companies buy instead of prizes for competitions. The policy pays out in the unlikely event that somebody wins the competition.
xVryB TIL of super recogniser's. They can remember 80% of the faces they have seen, and have been known to outperform computers. Some are employed by the British intelligence/police. Two of them was used to identify the suspects in the Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018 just by reviewing CCTV