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TIL Pork butt is actually from a pig’s shoulder and the ‘butt’ has nothing to do with the animal

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8aMxP TIL Henry Cavill was dubbed 'the most unlucky man in Hollywood' by Empire Magazine in 2005 after missing out on the lead roles for Superman, James Bond and Twilight
PnRV TIL the color orange was named after the fruit. Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the colour was referred to as “yellow-red” (geoluread in Old English) or “red-yellow.”
ddbQ TIL the highest ever BAC level ever recorded was 0.94%. The average level needed to cause death is 0.34%.
QYYX TIL although film studios and music labels continue to mark their products with “all rights reserved”, this has had no legal effect since 2000.
R5ny1 TIL: Computer duster is not compressed air. It is typically a liquid refrigerant called 1,1-Difluoroethane, which is also psychoactive.