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TIL drinking alcohol DOES improve your ability to speak a foreign language.

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D0oV TIL That while filming Gummo some of the actors rebelled against the disgusting locations in which Harmony Korine wanted to shoot. Korine was forced to buy Hazmat suits for some of the cast, while he and his Cinematographer wore Speedos and flip-flops to piss them off.
xeQ7 TIL: That smacking a piece of equipment to make it work sometimes has a scientific basis due to “dithering.”
abrJ TIL Michael Jackson’s autopsy report confirms he tattooed his lips pink and his eyebrows black. He was also partially bald and wore wigs to conceal it, with the front of his scalp also being tattooed black.
rROdw TIL Nikola Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a 'working model' of his 'death beam'. He warned the management never to open it. After his death in 1943, the box was opened and they found nothing but a bunch of old electrical components
xj4b TIL that one horse actually generates about 15 horsepower.