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TIL Keanu Reeves often foregoes some of his paycheck so that producers can bring on other notable actors. On The Devil's Advocate, he reduced his salary by a few million dollars so that they could afford Al Pacino, and he did the same thing on The Replacements to be able to work with Gene Hackman.

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OG4Z6 TIL about the Krukenberg operation, is a surgical technique that converts a forearm stump into a pincer. It was first described in 1917 by the German army surgeon Hermann Krukenberg. It remains in use today for certain special cases but is considered controversial and some surgeons refuse to p
VBWJ8 TIL In 1963, The Alweg Monorail Company offered to build a 43-mile monorail system for Los Angeles County free of charge, recouping construction costs from passenger fares. The County Board of Supervisors declined the offer under pressure from Standard Oil.
x5B1 TIL that a Norwegian boy escaped from wolves by playing a heavy metal song by Megadeth on his cell phone.
awn7M TIL in 1974, samples of canned food from an 1865 steamboat wreck were tested by the National Food Processors Association. Although appearance, smell and vitamin content had deteriorated, there was no trace of microbial growth and the 109-year-old food was determined to be still safe to eat.
NXZeP TIL that The Beatles last commercial concert was left with 7,000 unsold tickets and was a financial bust for the production company.