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TIL that in 2012, the entire village of Sodeto in Spain won the lottery… Except for one guy.

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d8JRQ TIL that ancient Romans used urine as mouthwash. Urine contains ammonia, which is one of the best natural cleaning agents on the planet.
egBk TIL 20th Century Fox gave up merchandising and sequel rights to Star Wars in exchange for Lucas accepting a $150,000 salary instead of $500,000. George Lucas made over $7 billion from Star Wars.
xVkjg TIL that the fighting was so intense that 4% of the sand on Normandy beach is made up of shrapnel from D-Day that has broken down
p8908 TIL To be legal, prop money for films in the U.S. must be one-sided and less than 75% or more than 150% of the size of a real banknote
WyoB TIL that Peter Jackson had Bilbo Baggins’ hobbit house dismantled and shipped to his home where he buried it and now uses it as a guest house.