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TIL that Jackie Chan acted in two adult films, stating that "I had to do anything I could to make a living."

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gM6N4 TIL about trinonyms: pairs of compounded words, each of which individually means the same as the full compound word. Some examples are bathtub, kittycat, taxicab, and forefront.
Y7J8W TIL a 2005 Harris Interactive poll conducted over the phone asked U.S. adults if they always washed their hands after various situations. 91% said they always washed their hands after using public restrooms but when observers went to U.S. public restrooms they found only 83% of the people there did.
moLO TIL Ted Nugent dodged the draft by pooping in his pants for a week
6EWkY TIL about First Lady Lou Henry Hoover who was the first American woman to earn a geology degree. She spoke 5 languages fluently and is the only first lady to speak an Asian language. She established the American Women's War Relief Fund, founded the National Women’s Conference on Law Enforcement.
j61KN TIL The Mummy (1999) helped Universal studios gross over one billion dollars in home video sales