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TIL the financiers of The Human Centipede did not know about the mouth-to-anus aspect of the film until after it was complete

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OGBka TIL that in 1150 BC king Ramesses the third faced a Harem conspiracy conspired by his second wife Tiye, who succeeded in assassinating the king but failed to place his son on the throne.
QJKL6 TIL that in 2014, a teacher and Education Blogger was fired for writing a blog post about homophones. The staff said he was fired because people would think the post had something to do with homosexuality.
NXA1J TIL of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who in 1984 survived 6 hours in 5 °C cold water after his ship sank and then trekked barefoot for 3 hours across lava fields before reaching safety. Despite only wearing shirt, sweater and jeans, he showed almost no symptoms of hypothermia or vasodilatation.
QJoPd TIL that electricity does not take the path of least resistance, but takes all paths available (in inverse proportion to the impedance of the paths)
VbA0 TIL in North America and India, ‘lemonade’ is not a carbonated soft drink, but is actually made from lemon juice, water and sugar.