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TIL the Japanese currency is the ‘en’. It was Westerners who mistook it as yen.

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Egxdx TIL that Christian Bale had dental work done to make his teeth more perfect for American Psycho (2000) to match the superficial appearance of his character Patrick Bateman
GwEN TIL the wife of disgraced Enron CEO Ken Lay, Linda Lay, sold roughly 500,000 shares of Enron 10 to 30 minutes before news about the collapse of the company went public. She was never charged with any of the events related to Enron.
YlP7 TIL of the Rice Bucket Challenge, a variant of the Ice Bucket Challenge, which involves donating a bucket of rice to a poor person or family.
4knlR TIL Ugandan dictator Idi Amin publicly suggested that he and Tanzanian president Nyerere participate in a boxing match to determine the outcome of the Ugandan Tanzanian war in 1979. This proposal was ignored by Nyerere and Idi Amin was forced into exile.
8Db4 TIL: On the map for the Animaniacs song “Yakko’s World” where he names every country, Tibet does not appear on the map. But when he names it and points to where it would be in China, it lights up (skip to 1:15 to see it)