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TIL that ancient Romans used urine as laundry detergent.

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6LLQ TIL the lead actor of the 1980 film “The Gods Must Be Crazy” was paid $300 for his role. The movie made over $60,000,000
QJ8Od TIL in 1929, German doctor Werner Forssmann performed the first human cardiac catheterisation on himself. After ignoring his boss and tricking a nurse into helping him, he inserted a catheter into his right arm before calmly walking to the x-ray department. He was later awarded with the Nobel Prize.
9YreQ TIL of Tetris syndrome, which happens when you play a game too long and start to dream and hallucinate about it.
bZk4 TIL that Sims 2 is the top-selling pc game of all time. Right behind it - Sims.
KO1g4 TIL that hitler was actually calm and had a rather deep voice when speaking privately.