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TIL Actor Martin Sheen has been arrested more than any other person in Hollywood (66 times for civil disobedience.)

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X04nE TIL that one of the most fashionable colors of the Victorian era, Scheele’s Green, was made with arsenic and many people were poisoned and died after painting their walls this color.
0dgQM TIL: In the US they call Heath Robinson contraptions "Rube Goldberg machines"
al9A TIL the Writer of “Caddyshack” fell off a cliff and died a month after the movie’s release, after becoming depressed due to negative reviews. His co-writer joked that he “probably fell while looking for a place to jump.” The film is now a cult classic.
loGLB TIL no countries have purple on their flag because up until the 1800s, purple was worth more than its weight in gold.
neQRd TIL Oklahoma fishermen cannot legally sell paddlefish eggs used to make caviar because the Russian Mafia took control of a rural section of river & started an egg smuggling operation, transporting the eggs for sale in Russia.