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TIL: Today I learned that the US didn’t profit from Iraq’s Oil, in fact the US spent Billions on their oil infrastructure while Iraq reaped the profits AND this is old news

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VBoAp TIL the term "box office" stems back to Shakespearean / Elizabethan times when theatre boxes were sold from an office location in front of venues. Shakespeare's own Globe theatre had a box office.
neNMB TIL Liam Neeson admitted he needed 57 takes for a nude scene with Olivia Wilde and messed up takes on purpose.
wLVo6 TIL Winston Churchill had so much respect for the American Constitution that he called it the best constitution ever written in English
KYDw4 TIL that a man has died after using an epoxy adhesive to 'seal his penis' because he didn't have a condom to have sex.
XNAE TIL that after seeeing Elvis play at a concert in 1957, 15 year old Jimi Hendrix became a lifelong fan, during the concert itself he wrote down the entire line-up of songs he heard Presley sing that night and would play Elvis songs for his friends as an adult.