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TIL Matthew McConaughey turned down a $14.5 million film offer & took a hiatus in order to pivot his acting career outside of rom-coms. The decision came after he searched himself online & realized he was largely known as a "rom-com shirtless guy" which prevented him from being hired in other genres

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7rE7p TIL that a clause that contains another clause is called a matrix clause. A clause within a clause is called a matrix clause, not inception clause. Matrix clause! SMDH
GYvPj TIL The "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" Medallion was created in 1787 as part of antislavery campaign by Josiah Wedgwood, famed founder of the Wedgwood company.
Y8ar TIL when trees evolved, it took 60 mil. years for fungi to evolve the ability to break down lignin. Trees fell over and didn’t decompose, storing vast amounts of carbon, resulting in an oxygen-rich atmosphere that favored enormous insects; burning in massive fires; and producing our stores of coal.
xVMpB TIL that the country with the most airline accidents is Nepal with 9 crashes since 2010 (out of a total of 109 crashes) that resulted in 147 deaths.
8XDb TIL of the GLASGOW ICE CREAM WARS where rival ice cream truck drivers sold Drugs from their trucks, shot at each other, and committed arson throughout the 80’s