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TIL actress Katherine Heigl made the lowest grossing movie of all time called Zyzzyx Road, which grossed $30 in its opening weekend and 10 of that was refunded, so the final domestic box office gross was $20

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x6pR0 TIL in 2021 a woman who ran out of her regular hair spray used Gorilla Glue Spray instead, believing it to also be hair spray. This resulted in her hair becoming stuck to her scalp. Eventually, a plastic surgeon performed a 4-hour long surgical procedure on her for free to remove the adhesive.
wR0J TIL that cows have “best friends” and get stressed when separated.
rNV5W TIL the Ring of the Fisherman, worn by the Pope, symbolizes his role as the head of the Catholic Church and Saint Peter’s successor. It is ceremonially broken upon the Pope’s death to mark the end of his papacy and prevent forgery.
4XvGg TIL: Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, who is often portrayed as the epitome of Mexican machismo, never drank alcohol. He actually was so worried about alcoholism spreading in Mexico, that he banned alcohol from his province of Chihuahua.
9Qd6 TIL Edward Pena, one of the trapped Chilean miners finished a marathon after training everyday while trapped in the mine for 69 days