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TIL the acne drug Minocycline can turn your bones to the color black

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W7g4X TIL that there's a sport called Motoball, which is essentially soccer played on motorcycles. Each team comprises 5 players on motorbikes and one player on foot, who serves as the goalkeeper. The ball used is slightly larger to accommodate the unique nature of the game.
EgmEX TIL that a Chinese man found the ultimate airport loophole — he bought a first-class ticket just to access unlimited free meals at the airline’s luxury lounge. He visited over 300 times without flying, enjoyed free food daily for months, then refunded the ticket and got all his money back!
8ekXG TIL Tom Cruise commanding "first-dollar gross" in a movie deal means that he gets box office bonuses before the studio breaks even. This is unique because while many A-listers still get a chunk of the profits, they can only access the pool of money after a movie is in the black.
b9XXp TIL that the death of Sherlock Holmes almost destroyed the magazine that had originally published the stories. When Arthur Conan Doyle killed him off in 1893, 20,000 people cancelled their subscriptions. The magazine barely survived. Its staff referred to Holmes’ death as “the dreadful event”.
16MEP TIL that George Clooney is actually a movie director.