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TIL as of 2023 the Shrek franchise has grossed over $4 billion

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LkdAr TIL about the legendary pickpocket Apollo Robbins, who once stripped Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service detail of their watches, badges, keys, and the presidential itinerary. He once stole a man’s driver’s license and made it turn up inside a sealed bag of M&M’s in his wife’s purse.
vP58D Today I learned that three Neapolitan brothers established a pirate record label from a market stall in the1970s that became Italy’s third biggest record label – until police cracked down. The film 'Mixed by Erry' is an Italian film based on these events.
8a8NG TIL there's a fruit called "Miracle Berry" that, when eaten, causes your taste buds to not detect sour flavor for about half an hour, causing sour foods to taste sweet.
b9RV4 TIL of Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture (one of the Millennium Prize problems). He later quit his job, turned down the $1 million prize as well as the Fields Medal, and is thought to have withdrawn from the field of mathematics entirely.
GYQBj Today I learned that Thomas Edison killed a man by subjecting him to huge amounts of x-ray radiation through the use of his "flouroscope". Clarence Dally's hands were used for experiments and to show off x-ray capabilities, which eventually lead to him getting radiation sickness and cancer.