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TIL Jim Carey was so terrible at basketball during the filming of Cable Guy that he could barely dribble, so he mimed basketball actions and a ball was added in post production.

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WREY TIL that war pigs were used in ancient warfare, to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
8alxL TIL that actress Joan Barry (blood type A) sued Charlie Chaplin (blood type O) for support of a child (blood type B) whom she claimed he fathered. Although it was not possible that the child was Chaplin's, he was still ordered to pay until the child turned 21.
EPEw TIL that self-mummification (a process called Sokushunbutsu) was practiced by Japanese Shugendō monks as the ultimate act of self denial. This ritual lasted around nine years, six of which the monk would be alive for.
woXOW TIL convicted NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere has had many girlfriends who died untimely and suspicious deaths. One girlfriend, who simply disappeared, was last seen alive at a NXIVM meeting.
6RjZ TIL that even though he initially refused it, George Washington’s salary as President ($25,000) equaled 2% of the national budget