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TIL-At age 30, you’re older than 42 percent of Americans(Today I turned 30…)

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9yLm TIL that a homeless man in Canada turned in $2000 he found on the street; when a blogger raised over $5000 in donations for the man, he turned it down, and wanted it donated to charity instead
mx7QY TIL George Clooney bet Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle $10,000 to spend the night in a haunted house on Lake Como across from Clooneys house with only a candle, 6 matches, and a bottle of wine.
D1d8g TIL in The Shining, Stanley Kubrick intentionally isolated Shelley Duvall and argued with her often. Duvall was forced to perform the iconic and exhausting baseball bat scene 127 times. Afterwards, Duvall presented Kubrick with clumps of hair that had fallen out due to the extreme stress of filming.
914r TIL that potential heirs to the throne of the Ottoman Empire, when born, were kept in a “cage” until they assumed the throne, resulting in many kings to be crazed uneducated madmen.
pYnrQ TIL Male snakes have a double-penis and females have a pair of clitorises. Due to anatomic location they are not involved in the reproduction process but hold tactile sensitive nerve endings. According to Australian scientists this implies snakes might receive stimulation and pleasure during mating.