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TIL Nigeria drinks more Guinness than Ireland

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rdww TIL James Franco got a “D” in his acting class while he was filming 127 Hours, the film he was nominated for an Oscar for. It has been claimed either his acting professor was jealous, or that he had too many absent days to complete the course.
8L0G TIL Street artist Banksy set up a stall in New York to sell authentic art without telling anyone. Only at $60 each, the pieces are estimated to be worth $250,000. Only 3 people bought them.
YApB TIL A Physicist Made His Cat The Co-Author Of a Paper Because He’d Accidentally Written “We” Instead of “I” Throughout the Paper and Couldn’t be Bothered Changing It.
l7eJB TIL Cleopatra wasn’t just alluring; she was crafty too. So the myth goes, she made a grand entrance to impress Julius Caesar by having herself rolled up in a carpet and delivered to his quarters. When the carpet was unrolled, out she came, nude and irresistible.
4maa TIL a man in 1995 attempted to cash in a junk-mail fake check for $95,093.39. It cleared, but 10 days later the bank sent their chief security officer after him. His story, however, made him more money than the check.