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TIL Jonah Hill did not actually eat a goldfish during “The Wolf of Wall Street.” PETA had three “goldfish handlers” on set who ensured the goldfish’s safety.

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brDZ TIL it is nearly impossible to incapacitate someone using chloroform. It takes at least five minutes of inhaling an item soaked in chloroform to render a person unconscious.
b98M0 TIL that the most expensive private school in the world is ‘Institut Le Rosey’, in which you’d have to pay $113,178 per year just to attend!
0d8xy TIL the bedchamber sword of 18th century Indian ruler Tipu Sultan became the most expensive Indian or Islamic object ever sold at auction when it sold for $17.4 million last year. Its hilt is decorated with gold calligraphy and "the sword of the ruler" is inscribed in Persian on its blade.
AA1l TIL that between 18,000-60,000 years ago, ducks the size of horses roamed around Australia.
5EAp TIL Scientists lit a hole filled with natural gas on fire in 1971, thinking it would burn for only a few days. The hole has been burning for the past 46 years and is called “The Door to Hell”