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TIL Quentin Tarantino used residual earnings from his 'Golden Girls' appearance to make 'Reservoir Dogs'.

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JYAy8 TIL Humans are still evolving. One fast-evolving gene is human accelerated region 1 (HAR1), which is needed during brain development. In Tibet, a rapid surge in frequency of a mutated gene that increases blood oxygen content gives locals a survival advantage in higher altitudes.
KO5VB TIL about the 'Portrait of Dr. Gachet', the last portrait painted by Vincent Van Gogh before his death, which was sold for the then record sum of 82.5 million USD in 1990. It is one of Van Gogh’s most important works, but has been withheld from the public by its anonymous owner for almost 30 years.
ANNQ4 TIL McKamey Manor, an EXTREME haunted house attraction in Tennessee in which the guests must sign a liability waiver to participate: can't leave the experience without permission& subjected to various forms of physical and psychological torture: having bones broken, teeth removed, & being drugged.
0dpk1 TIL Barnacles have the largest penises of any animal relative to body size, extending up to eight times the length of their body.
VgG4 TIL there is a cruise ship that runs between Stockholm and Helsinki with the primary purpose of purchasing and consuming cheap alcohol