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TIL Jonah Hill was only paid 60k for The Wolf Of Wall Street due to “wanting the role so bad”.

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xVJB5 TIL of Northwest Airlines Flight 188. The pilots got distracted and overflew their destination by 150 miles.
pMxQ TIL: North Korea and the United States are the only countries that have their children pledge allegiance to the state in schools.
XEy7D TIL why noses run when it's cold out. Lungs are irritated by cold and dry air, so the nose gets more blood to keep it warm, and secretes more liquid to increase the humidity of the air you breathe in.
DQKNP TIL the Beatles' last live concert was four years before their breakup, and they played for about 30 minutes.
xank TIL if our hearing was anymore sensitive than what it is now, we would be able to hear the background hiss of air molecules colliding.