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TIL Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton are the only two actors to face off against a Terminator, an Alien and a Predator.

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awkwb TIL from 1961 till 1972 women were prohibited to run marathons in US since officials thought woman’s uterus could fall out from long distance running
nvY7 TIL that Scrubs episode where Dr. Cox lost all his transplant patients to rabies was based on a real event. [pdf]
a0lo TIL Deep Roy is the only actor to hold the “science fiction trifecta,” having appeared in Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor Who. He’s also been in X-Files, NeverEnding Story, and Transformers.
Z8XXv TIL in 2001, a South African company named Naspers decided to purchase a 46.5% stake into an up-and-coming Chinese tech company. This initial investment of $32 million into what would become Tencent has now ballooned to over $175 billion, making it one of the most successful investments in history.
GYn5g TIL That in 1979, Australia Fined NASA $400 for littering after after debris from a The spacecraft "Skylab" landed in Western Australia. NASA never paid. 30 years later a Californian radio DJ raised funds from his listeners and paid NASA’s bill.