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TIL Joe Rogan was the host of Fear Factor

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9YW7p TIL a Dutch student was suspended from school in 2008 after uploading a video showing him slapping his penis against the Taj Mahal. The act of slapping one's penis against an object is called "swaffelen" and was voted word of the year in 2008 in the Netherlands.
8yxa TIL that “trumpery” is a real word dating back to the 1400s, and it means “something without value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff; nonsense; twaddle.”
OZA1 TIL that one actor has played both Luke and Leia Skywalker, Aidan Barton. He is the son of editor Roger Barton and was Baby Luke and Leia in Episode III.
mxX5M TIL that the 1981 film Roar used real lions during filming, resulting in at least 70 cast and crew being injured. A crew member was scalped, another had his throat bitten out, and and much of the footage of attacks was used in the final cut of the film. The blood seen in the movie is real.
MD6a TIL that bees don’t generally die when they sting. They die when they sting a human or other animal with similarly thick skin, but can sting other insects just fine.