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TIL that with his early investments in the Apple stock, Forrest Gump’s net worth would be $5.7 billion.

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Yw1d TIL that Jesse Spencer, the actor who plays Dr. Chase in House M.D., has three siblings, all of which are doctors.
NwYN TIL that the world’s largest cocaine producer is Peru. It has dethroned Colombia.
7x6X TIL In 1997, an Emory researcher died as a result of a monkey flinging poop into her eyes.
j6Nlj TIL Pale Ale exists because the fuel source for brewing beer changed. Peat and coal were used to roast malt, imparting a dark color and smoky flavor to beers. But when coke fuel, a cleaner-burning fuel derived from coal, was introduced, the color and smoky flavor were not present, they had pale ale.
6E86w TIL of Mason McDeid who cried constantly from severe cerebral palsy issues; his father failed to comfort him with classical & new age music. Then he tried Metallica & the child stopped crying, fell asleep. Now in his 20s, unable to speak, Mason has had 100+ surgeries & attended 450+ metal concerts.