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TIL Viggo Mortensen’s tattoos in Eastern Promises were so realistic that diners in a Russian restaurant in London fell silent out of fear during production.

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ym9w TIL the world’s largest soup kitchen is the Golden Temple, the holiest temple for Sikhs, which is located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. The Golden Temple can serve free food for up to 100,000 - 300,000 people every day, regardless of faith, religion, or background.
1aPLV TIL: Olympus Mons on Mars is so big the escarpment, or cliffs, around the base of the mountain are as high as 6 miles tall, which is taller than Mt. Everest, which for reference is only about 5.5 miles tall.
6EJml TIL Celebrity worship syndrome (CWS) is an obsessive addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved with the details of a celebrity's personal and professional life
VM8a8 TIL that Tuvalu (a Pacific island nation) leased the rights to the .tv domain in 1999 for $50 million; the deal trebled their entire national income, and one of the first things they bought was a membership in the United Nations
BnKW TIL some breweries and distilleries are turning to having on-site cats to help protect their expensive grains from rats. One brewery reported that since hiring their cats they’ve not seen a single rodent.