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TIL: Miss Cleo was only paid $1750 for two days of filming, while Psychic Readers Network made over $1 Billion using her face.

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woON1 TIL former UFC heavyweight champ Bas Rutten was a sickly child, and badly bullied. After seeing "Enter the Dragon," he started training in martial arts. At age 14 he made a list of his childhood bullies and beat them up one by one.
dDv7B TIL Russell Crowe once hired Nick Cave to write a sequel to Gladiator. The script involved Maximus waking up in the afterlife and being tasked by the Gods to track down and defeat the Greek god of volcanoes. He also time travels to the present day and an emperor's giraffe gets struck by lightning.
e0YJn TIL that UPN bought "Malcolm In The Middle" before Fox. When they where shooting the pilot, UPN literally owned the show. At the last minute, UPN decided it wasn't a fit and passed on it. Fox picked it up instead. UPN folded in 2006.
OPaY TIL that a “mail-order church” fought the IRS for tax-exempt status for 17 years. Status was granted in 2000. In 2007, the “church” earned $6 million per month, mostly by targeting low income and elderly persons who were told that donations are required to have their prayers answered.
QAaX TIL of Ryan White, a virgin AIDS victim that was shunned in his hometown out of fright and ignorance. He was banned from school, bullied, and threatened just for his disease. He went on to become a role model for the AIDS disease and spread awareness. He died at just 18 years old from AIDS.