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TIL Christian Bale’s publicist got PTSD just from being around him and wrote a book about how much of a dick he is.

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LQVB9 TIL The UK has been rabies-free since the beginning of the 20th century.
byOZ TIL that Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island, formally donated his birthday by deed of gift to a friend’s daughter who felt cheated that her own birthday was December 25th.
aEBo TIL Mika Brzezinski, an MSNBC News Anchor, refused to read a report about Paris Hilton’s release from jail on National Television and ranking it over a story on the Iraq War. Then after repeatingly being pressured to do the story, she attempted to light the script on fire on the air.
W6Po TIL That after Weird Al Yankovic’s parents died while he was in the middle of a tour. He didn’t cancel the tour, saying “I’ve heard from so many people over the years that my music has cheered them up in times of tragedy… well, I thought maybe my music would help me too.”
BryGW TIL that in 2016, John Cox proposed an initiative that would require legislators to wear the logos of their top 10 donors when advocating for policies on the Senate or Assembly floor in California.