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TIL the soundtrack to ‘O Brother, Where art thou?’ is certified 8 times platinum.

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a8Po TIL During the filming of a scene in the movie Leon: The Professional involving all of the police cars on the street, a man ran from a store he had just robbed. When he encountered the movie set by accident, he saw all of the “police” and gave himself up to a bunch of uniformed extras.
4XRWN TIL about John Draper. He used the whistles found in Cap'n Crunch cereal boxes in the 1960's to bypass phone systems and place free long-distance calls as they played at 2600 Hzs—the perfect tone to commandeer a phone line. His work inspired the founders of Apple.
Qdy6 TIL There is a tape of the kool aid mass suicide at jonestown
EGd0 TIL Vanna White announced a pregnancy through a Wheel of Fortune puzzle. Sadly, just days after taping, she had miscarried.
G9pN TIL people who are starved appear to have a large abdomen due to water retention as a result of protein deficiency