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TIL in 2015 Scorsese made $70 million short film to promote casino in Macau. It stars DiCaprio and De Niro, making it the first film all three worked together.

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gM4JW TIL no single country owns Antarctica. Instead, it is governed by a group of nations in a unique international partnership. The Antarctic Treaty, 1959, designates Antarctica as a continent devoted to peace and science. It is also the only continent without an indigenous human population.
j6QlR TIL that in 1501, Antonio Rinaldeschi, a Florentine gambler, was executed for flinging dung at a painting of the Virgin Mary. Apparently a cult developed around a remain of the dung because it resembled a crown.
OoPWg TIL that an unforeseen consequence of London's Walkie Talkie skyscraper was that the building's curvature acts as a concave mirror facing the sun, leading to street-level recordings of temperature as high as 117°C. Parked vehicles have been damaged and a reporter was able to fry an egg on the ground
xRVg TIL when Elon Musk was 28 in the year 2000 he contracted one of the most lethal forms of Malaria while on vacation in South Africa and nearly died, losing 45 pounds and taking six months to recover. He cites this near-death experience as the moment that gave him a renewed focus and energy.
8a6b8 TIL "Gamergate" can refer to the 2014 internet controversy OR to a mated worker ant that is able to reproduce sexually.