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TIL The binturong musk gland is so that its urine emits a smell similar to hot buttered popcorn

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R7a76 PSY's music video 'Gangnam Style' exceeded the 32-bit integer limit (2,147,483,647) for YouTube view count, necessitating YouTube to upgrade the variable to a 64-bit integer limit at 9 quintilian (9,223,372,036,854,775,808).
epl76 TIL about St Innocent of the Orthodox Church. A Russian priest, he traveled to Alaska in 1823 to preach to the natives. He learned many languages and translated the Gospel into an Aleutian language and also for the Tlingits. Although he had a church, he mostly traveled by canoe to visit his parish.
Z8aB4 TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins is renowned for his preparation of roles, sometimes memorising a script more than 200 times. In the movie Amistad, he memorised a seven page courtroom speech and recited it in one go. Because of this, Steven Spielberg insisted on calling him Sir Anthony instead of Tony.
VPL8 TIL - In 2012, the movie “Jack and Jill” was nominated for 12 Razzie awards and won in every category (the first time in the history of the Razzies that one film won every award)
0Ay1 TIL Al Capone’s armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect FDR after the attack on Pearl Harbor.