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TIL that Martha Stewart once dated Anthony Hopkins, but broke up with him after she saw Silence of the Lambs. She stated she was unable to avoid associating Hopkins with the character of Hannibal Lecter.

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Ooge1 TIL $3.8 billion paid in lawsuits and claims over sex abuse allegations in Catholic Church since 1980s.
R59r8 TIL in 1975, there were 2 crude oil tanker spills on January 31st. The Corinthos Spill in the Delaware River and the Epic Colocotronis Spill in Puerto Rico dumped a combined 28.5 million gallons of oil into surrounding waters.
WjNY TIL in 2003 a model airplane crossed the atlantic. It weighed less than 5kg and only used 2.2kg of fuel during the 38 hour flight.
wokgW TIL that pistachios can spontaneously combust when stored in large quantities.
b9GjE TIL of remittance men - useless sons of Victorian British upper middle class families being given an allowance by their own family to be as far away from family as possible, typically settling in very remote parts of the British Empire.