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TIL the face of Wolverine was inspired by actor Paul D'Amato

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neBKY TIL about Renova, a Portuguese paper company specializing in colored, three-ply toilet paper. In addition to selling $3 single rolls and six-packs at $7.60, they also sold a single 24-carat-gold roll for almost $1.4 million.
78EjP TIL of Burushaski - a language isolate predominantly from Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. It has 4 genders - human masculine, human feminine, countable objects, and uncountable ones (similar to mass nouns)
x6LjB TIL Bobby Farrell from Boney M died on the same date and same city as Grigori Rasputin, subject of one of the band's biggest hits
XEGp6 TIL about Hans Schmidt, the only Catholic priest to ever be executed in the US. He killed his pregnant mistress, drank her blood, and dismembered her. He was found guilty for the crime and executed via electric chair in Feb 1916.
BrV7D TIL For 10 years, Emerich Juettner printed poorly made counterfeit $1 bills (Washington was spelled Wasihgton). He never used more than $1 at a time and never in the same place twice. He was caught only after a fire at his apartment. He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, and a $1 fine.