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TIL Leonardo Di Caprio flew in a private jet from Cannes to the US to collect an environmental award

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XEQJP TIL that originally Mt. Rushmore was to feature the faces of famous mountain men; Kit Carson, John Colter and Jim Bridger (played by Will Poulter in the 2015 film The Revenant)
p80Pe TIL Adam Sandler's movie "50 First Dates" inspired a real therapy program in which patients with early dementia watch every morning a video message of support from their loved ones.
OlR4 TIL that in Classical Athens, the citizens could vote each year to banish any person who was growing too powerful, as a threat to democracy. This process was called Ostracism.
lxbA TIL More of world’s poor & malnourished live in India than in all sub-Saharan Africa
J1W51 TIL diamond has exceptional heat conductivity (better than copper)