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TIL that Keanu Reeves donated £50 million of his earnings from ‘The Matrix’ franchise to the special effects and costume staff. Each employee received £1.75m each.

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oPY7 TIL JFK Warned About Secret Societies and the Danger of the Media Reporting On Trivial Matters for Entertainment Instead of News
N7MG8 TIL that a Caesar salad at McDonald's contains more calories and fat, as well as less protein, than a double Big Mac
4koj6 TIL in case Star Wars was a failure, George Lucas commissioned a low-budget sequel called "Splinter of the Mind's Eye."
a8Enb TIL that Ohio has its own state flag pledge that can be said in schools after the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge was adopted in 2002 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the state's flag.
Ol8R TIL that at the 2012 International Shooting Grand Prix gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko of Kazakhstan had to listen to the entire parody of O’ Kazakhstan from Borat. The incident resulted from the wrong song being downloaded from YouTube at the last minute. Senior officials of Kazakhstan were furious