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TIL Rob McElhenney from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" willingly gained 50 pounds in preparation for Season 7 of the show. He consumed 5000 calories per day, and only stopped when his doctor said that his lifestyle was putting too much stress on his heart.

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N7b68 TIL Many psychology experts believe the darkness in fairy tales actually helps children learn to cope with terrible things in the real world. As an example the Beauty and the Beast involves the exposure to ugly danger, the monster, and the triumph over evil, and then finding of the good in the evil!
m1DJM TIL: That every potential actor during the casting for James Bond has to recreate one specific scene that was originally in "From Russia With Love" the actors include Sam Neill and James Brolin.
Y7K4A TIL tourists thrown an average of €1.5million into Rome's Trevi Fountain each year. The money is collected and donated to charity, providing some 52,800 meals at local soup kitchen in 2023 alone.
P180J TIL about Chester Southam, a doctor who injected senile patients and convicted criminals with cancer cells to see wether it would spread to them, and tried to cure terminal cancer patients with West Nile Virus
5YJxQ TIL that every November in South Korea, there's a day where everyone makes silence to help students concentrate for their most important exam of their lives. Planes are grounded, constructions are paused, banks close and even military training ceases. This day is called Suneung.