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TIL Justin Lin's film "Better Luck Tomorrow" was saved from being cancelled by MC Hammer, who donated $10,000 after Lin called him “out of desperation”. Lin had to fund the film by himself after his original investors wanted an all caucasian cast and he objected.

l7Yrr TIL Pringles are made with a mixture of 1/3 water to 2/3 potato flakes and cornstarch, the mixture is then pressed and rolled into a thin sheet with 4 tonnes of pressure. A cutter punches an oval shape in the sheet and the scrap dough is separated and recycled back into the chip-making process
MYgW TIL scientists believe MSG is perfectly safe. The MSG “myth” is based a single complaint from a scientist who once ate Chinese food, got sick and decided to blame it on the additive.
WkWGB TIL aid expert David Rieff argues that Live Aid donations helped fund a brutal resettlement programme that may have killed up to 100,000. Ethiopia remains one of Africa's poorest countries, and the whole of sub-Saharan Africa is worse off today than it was after Live Aid.
BrYGx TIL In 2017, Tesla’s “Mothership” network was hacked by a white hat. The vulnerability was proven to the Tesla head of cyber security by summoning a nearby Tesla while he was on the phone with the hacker. The hacker was paid $50k as bug bounty reward.
OoxP7 TIL ABBA's tour costumes were designed by Owe Sandström in close consultation with the band, and national costumes (Japanese, Latin American) were inspirations. ABBA had duplicates of each outfit and the backing musicians and singers had costumes, so a few hundred costumes went on tour