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TIL that after “Showgirls” flopped at the box office, MGM changed its marketing strategy to encourage ironic enjoyment of the film, which has resulted in over $100 million in DVD and video rental revenue

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9mYG TIL of David Kootook, a 14 year old Inuit boy who survived for 23 days in -40 degree weather after a plane crash in the Arctic. He refused offers by the pilot to eat the body of a fellow passenger and died of starvation 23 days later. Upon rescue, the pilot said “Welcome to the camp of a cannibal.”
x4w5 TIL that after Union troops executed his sons and placed their severed heads on the gate-posts of his home, Jack Hinson, who was previously neutral, went on a one-man killing spree and sniped dozens of Union soldiers, at ranges up to ½ mile+, with a custom-made Kentucky Long Rifle.
l0Y5 TIL Michael Faraday, the brilliant scientist, had a speech impediment and was one day beaten by the headmaster for it in school, he left school that day never to return
9wL5G TIL that the incorrect usage of an apostrophe in english for a plural noun (e.g. "burger's") is called a greengrocer's apostrophe.
w4VE TIL That people born blind use the same facial expressions as sighted people when expressing emotions, meaning that our facial expressions are innate and not learned behaviour.