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X04d6 TIL The film ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ about a guy who got rich through financial fraud and crime was funded with money earned through financial fraud and crime.
yQXb8 TIL in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the famous detuned “flashbulb” sound, which is actually a tuning fork scraping a piano string.
rR7a4 TIL that the US has more ICU beds per capita than any other country
DdBj TIL that yellow teeth are stronger than white ones, since the natural colour of our teeth is light yellow or grey. Products which whiten our teeth can permanently weaken them.
x68Jo TIL that in 1986 a limnic eruption caused a toxic gas cloud of CO2 to be released from Lake Nyos. The cloud traveled downhill at 30mph and killed 1,786 people nearly instantly. People have since moved back to the area, and scientists believe it is only a matter of time before this could happen again