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TIL Vacation Time In Canada Is Less Than Any Developed Country.

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jGYX TIL actor/U.S. Marine R. Lee Ermey was initially hired only as a technical advisor for Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick changed his mind after seeing an instructional video Ermey put together.
b0oN TIL: In 2008, A Bank Robber Used Craigslist to Hire Decoys to Confuse Police Responding to the Crime
yVMVw TIL that prior to founding the Heaven’s Gate cult, Marshall Applewhite was a teacher in the music department at the University of St. Thomas, a choral director, and a performer with the Houston Grand Opera.
mxrEv TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
gWeW TIL that Danny Trejo often chooses to play bad guys to teach younger audiences that bad guys often die or go to prison, and that one should try to live a decent life.