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mxVMp TIL Werner Herzog once promised fellow documentary maker Errol Morris that he would eat his shoe if Morris ever finished his movie on pet cemeteries, because he found Morris to be incapable of ever finishing his projects. In 1978 Morris finished his film, and Herzog publicly cooked and ate his shoe.
neaLB TIL that the $100 bill comprises 77% of all US currency in circulation. According to former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, more than two-thirds of all $100 notes are held outside the United States.
4kVla TIL Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, whose founder was a Macedonian Greek general. She was the only Ptolemaic ruler to learn the Egyptian language.
WD7N TIL Ancient Romans living in Pompeii had, by in large, better teeth than we do now thanks to their low-sugar diets and high fluorine content in the air and water from the nearby volcano.
kO5Gd TIL dairy cows are fed slaughter waste, “trimmings that originate on the killing floor, inedible parts and organs, cleaned entrails, fetuses ...” because they need to consume a large amount of protein to keep up with continuous milk production, and slaughter waste is cheaper than supplements.