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TIL: Kevin Costner grew up in Compton - a historically crime-ridden city within Los Angeles County

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Dx7g TIL Pythagoras drowned his student, Hippasus for stating that irrational numbers exist.
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JeRk TIL that Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee would go to theaters to watch Looney Tunes cartoons together and were once kicked out for laughing too hard
Ng78 TIL in 2004 a man woke up beaten in a burger king dumpster with no memory, and was annoyed by nurses asking for his name so he made one up - meet Benjaman Kyle. The FBI has been trying to find out his past.
e0Ymb TIL that a UK TV license costs £157.50. You get a 50% discount to £78.75 if you’re blind and have a colour TV, but a 66% discount to £53 if you’re fully sighted with a black and white TV.