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TIL Chris Rock snuck a copy of the Pamela Anderson sex tape to a 15 year old Make-A-Wish boy that was dying of cancer. [video@13:00]

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R1Xl TIL James Cameron was stricken with food poisoning and during his illness, Cameron had a nightmare about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him, giving him the idea for The Terminator, which later catapulted his film career.
mxaly TIL that caffeine has a half life of 5.7 hours on average. So even if you only drink coffee in the morning, it'll still be in your system when you go to bed.
7rN7O TIL the Beatles performed a Shakespearian skit on a television special. Based on a scene from A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, the Beatles play performers who get laughed at and heckled by the crowd.
VOR8 TIL Obsidian (volcanic glass) scalpels are used for surgery because they are sharper than high-quality surgical steel. The blade is just 3 nm thick while DNA is 2 nm thick.
gr6oA TIL in 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured in the United States... only 139 more would be made over the next 4 years of World War II