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TIL Larry Flynt considered buying the Playboy Mansion for well below the $200 million asking price in 2016. However, the deal fell apart as Flynt's Hustler company would not accept the condition that Playboy boss Hugh Hefner must be allowed to continue living at the site after the sale

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m10dv TIL Red Bull’s famous slogan “Red Bull gives you wings” was changed to “Red Bull gives you wiiings” after a $13million lawsuit that accused the company of “fraudulent advertising” because the drink did not give people wings or elevated abilities of any kind.
KYBbR TIL globally 43.94% of drivers use their seatbelt, 38.47% among front seat passengers, and 15.32% for rear seat. Around 1.3 million people die every year on the road. Wearing a seatbelt decreases the risk of death among drivers and front seat passengers by 45–50% and 25% for rear seat
nWxlW Today I learned that tampons can also be used for wounds and bloody noses besides menstruation cycles
DQVlV TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a horde of bunnies. In 1807, during a hunt, his chief of staff released thousands of rabbits for the hunt, but the rabbits instead charged at Napoleon and his party, overwhelming them.
W7XBo TIL after completing his short film Frankenweenie, Disney fired filmmaker Tim Burton for spending the company's resources on a film that would be too dark and scary for children to see. Decades later, he remade the film as a feature-length stop motion film, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.