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TIL Companies that appear on the TV Show Shark Tank have to give away 5% of their companies equity or 2% Royalties.

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rr64 TIL of what3words, a geocoding system in which the world is divided into 57 trillion 3 x 3 m squares, each with a unique 3-word address. A 3-word address is more precise than a postal address and is useful for locating individuals in developing countries.
PYreZ TIL that Adam Rainer was the only person in history to be both a dwarf and a 7 foot tall.
ne5V9 TIL In Die Hard, Alan Rickman’s petrified expression while falling was completely genuine. The stunt team instructed him that they would drop him the 25 feet on the count of 3 but instead dropped him at 1.
OMV1 TIL Daniel Day-Lewis was performing on stage as Hamlet when, while acting out the scene where Hamlet talks to his dead father, he believed he saw the ghost of his own father. He ran off the stage, refused to go back on, and hasn’t done theater since.
VBGmG TIL: during the conquest of the Aztecs, Hernán Cortés was a wanted criminal, having foregone orders by the colonial governor of Cuba to cease operations. Expeditionary forces were even sent to attempt and arrest him.