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TIL Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.

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N7oNQ TIL that George Clooney wanted Julia Roberts for the movie Ocean's Eleven but never met her before. Julia Roberts was charging $20 million a movie at the time so Clooney, unable to afford her, send her a script with a $20 bill with a note, 'I heard you’re getting 20 a picture.' She agreed to do it.
8XxZ TIL that the dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a ‘nurdle’
GAV11 TIL: That Idaho has a seaport and it is considered the farthest inland port east of the West Coast.
mAKE TIL there is only one time zone for all of India. India does not observe any form of daylight saving time or any other seasonal adjustments to the time.
WkJwB TIL only one person is known to have survived a lynching in the United States. His name was James Cameron and he went on to found America’s Black Holocaust Museum.