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TIL ABBA turned down ONE BILLION DOLLARS to do a reunion tour

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yVY4l TIL about the Nastapoka Arc, a near perfect circular shape in the eastern corner of Hudson Bay, covering more than 160 degrees of 450-km circle. Despite the shape, current consensus is against its being an impact crater.
JYvYj TIL that Steve-O had a different set of teeth for each Jackass movie.
A9od TIL Ng Mui, a legendary Shaolin nun, met a teenage girl named Yim Wing-Chun who was being harrassed into marrying a thug and taught her how to defend herself. Hundreds of years later, Bruce Lee would learn what is now called Wing-Chun, a form which was specifically made for a woman by a woman.
A6nl TIL King Tut had a club foot, feminine hips, an overbite. He had Kohler’s disease. DNA determine that Pharaoh’s parents were undoubtedly brother and sister.
0dRrA TIL about France's Camargue bullfighting, where the object is to not kill the bull, but to remove objects attached to their horns for a cash prize. (More details in comments)