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TIL Chris Pratt was ‘discovered’ while working at a Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Hawaii after the Director said, “you’re funny, audition for my movie.

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rlnM TIL that Angkor Wat in Cambodia is the largest religious structure in the world. It is 80 times bigger than St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City, and at least 3.5 times bigger than the Vatican City itself.
kJdrE TIL dogs wag their tails to the right in positive situations like seeing their owner, and to the left in negative situations like the approach of an unfamiliar dog.
wnV7 TIL The Singer Sewing Machine Company built 500 1911 pistols for the US Government in 1939 and they are one of the most collectable firearms of that era.
xVxyB TIL Falernian wine was the most renowned in ancient Rome. In Pompeii, a price list on the wall says "For one [coin] you can drink wine, For two you can drink the best, For four you can drink Falernian"
R77e8 TIL that while on death row at San Quintin, Stanley ‘Tookie” Williams was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature for children’s books he wrote while in prison.