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TIL that the band Len was given $100k to film the music video for “Steal My Sunshine.” They flew two dozen friends to Florida and broke their hotel elevator loading all their alcohol into it. Then they just filmed themselves relaxing and riding around in the afternoons when the hangovers wore off.

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Y7RVx TIL: In the Zhou dynasty, the waist chop involved slicing the victim into two or more pieces and was famously used on poet Gao Qi who was sliced into 8 pieces due to his political satire. Today the term "waist chop" is used as a metaphor for the cancelation of ongoing projects, primarily TV shows.
XYE TIL there was a Snake Plissken television series planned, but it was turned down by all the major networks for being “too dark and bleak.”
xVvdk TIL a study showed that 62% of Japanese people said they would eat an onigiri (rice ball) made by someone they know, only 30% said they would eat the onigiri crafted by an unfamiliar or unknown hand. This is attributed to the legacy of 16th century ninja poison rice ball assassinations.
441R TIL the world could run out of helium in 25 years…bad news for MRI machines, radiation detection machines and clowns
GYrB5 TIL that the word "underdog" comes from the 19th century term for the losing dog in a dog fight