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TIL that owning "The Guy Game" is considered illegal, due to one of the actors being underage and having explicit scenes.

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4kp4X TIL in September 2011, Steve "Stare Master" Stagg lost to Fergal "Eyesore" Fleming in a staring contest after 40 minutes and 59 seconds, shattering the Guiness World Record of 17 minuets.
wLxr1 TIL Die Hard is not only based on a book, it’s a sequel and the original starred Frank Sinatra
ROJ9 TIL that in the 1950’s General Motors was the biggest employer in the United States and paid their employees an average of $50 per hour. Today Walmart is the biggest employer in the U.S. and pay an average of just over $8 per hour.
DQBRJ TIL A 2006 study found doctors handwriting to be just as illegible as other professions. Additionally men's handwriting was twice as illegible as women's (40% illegible vs. 20% illegible).
PY99Z TIL all alcoholic drinks sold in the United States are required to be mildly radioactive. If alcohol is made in a lab it won't have any radioactive signature but alcohol made from plants will always be slightly radioactive due to the background radiation in the air and ground.