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TIL Actor Jon Bernthal took a long vow of silence, to prepare for his role as a mute in the movie ‘Pilgrimage’ which allowed him to discover some important lessons about human nature. “I learned how much time people spend talking and they’re not really saying anything, they’re just passing time.”

VMg9Q TIL Thales was asked why he was poor if he was so wise. As a rebuttal he cornered the olive market and invented futures contracts.
vdkR TIL that Sixth-grader has won $70,000 settlement after school demanded her Facebook password
X0EvX TIL about Robert Wardhaugh who has been running a D&D campaign every week for the past 40 years
Z8wQo TIL: Opium-Addicted Parrots Keep Raiding Poppy Farms in India
5V7Zn TIL the world's first Ball Pit was at Seaworld in San Diego