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TIL: The hand print of Nelson Mandela actually resembles the African continent.

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5e8Q TIL Jim Carrey’s family was so poor that he quit school at 15 to support them by working as a janitor. He carried a baseball bat in his janitor’s cart because, “[he] was so angry [he] just wanted to beat the heck out of something.”
grdL7 TIL that in a ranking of 76 attributes defining what makes a Successful Life, the vast majority of Americans believe OTHERS think that "Fame" is the most important. In a poll of actual beliefs, "Fame" came in dead last out of 76.
KYAxa TIL that a toy poodle called Pulaski's Masterpiece, who was biled as "the most valuable dog", was stolen and he was never found. He mated with poodles owned by famous people such as Judy Garland, Eva Perón and Gary Cooper.
Wk8Jo TIL automaker AMC and pants-maker Levi's collaborated on a 1974 Gremlin. The Gremlin's upholstery was made from synthetic materials that looked like real denim (cotton is too flammable for use in car interiors), complete with stitching, Levi's tags, and copper rivets.
R745w TIL Tim Wong made the first and only successful attempt at singlehandedly repopulating the extremely rare pipevine swallowtail butterfly in San Francisco. In seven years, he cultivated more than 200 pipevine plants (sole food source) and donates thousands of caterpillars to the Botanical Gardens.