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TIL it takes 45 minutes to take a shit in zero gravity.
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TIL When Michael Jackson was angry at one of the producers on a project because he was treating everyone terribly, rather than create a scene or fire the guy, Michael called him to his office and one of the security guards threw a pie in his face.
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TIL when the 2013 government shutdown threatened the closing down of a national program giving medical attention and meals to children, John D. Arnold donated $10 million of his own money to keep it afloat
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TIL that JFK ordered 1200 Cuban cigars just a day before declaring the Cuban trade embargo.
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TIL Rolls-Royce only uses leather from bulls living in a climate too cold for mosquitos, because they want to avoid the upholstery having blemishes caused by pregnancies and mosquito bites.
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TIL that Monty Python sued ABC over their censorship of season 4 of their show. ABC had cut punchlines and entire characters. The judge and jury watched two versions of a season 4 episode; a BBC one they laughed at, and an edited ABC one which no one laughed at. The judge ruled in ABC’s favour.