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TIL Barkhad Abdi, Somali actor from Captain Phillips only earned $65,000 for his role and after it was complete went home to continue working in his brothers store selling cell phones

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n9lr TIL Japanese automated toilets can “cause excessive cleanliness, prompting other bacteria to adhere around the anus…”
xGe5 TIL of the Japanese monster Betobeto-San, which follows behind people at night making the sound of footsteps. It is not dangerous, and can be escaped simply by standing to the side and saying “After you, Betobeto-san.”
rRNke TIL: At 25 year old, Matthew Roberts set off to find his biological parents. Only to discover his biological father was Charles Manson - Looking into the mirror after being told and immediately seeing the resemblance.
Xyek TIL Plants Vs Zombie was originally developed under the title ‘Lawn of the Dead’ which had to be changed for legal reasons.
Wk4AN TIL Alex Haley, author of Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, conducted the first Playboy interview. He later interviewed some of the most prominent figures of the 1960s for the magazine including MLK and George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party.