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TIL that Nike used sweatshops to make their shoes. They only played $1.25 per day to factory workers and used child labor.

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lo9k5 TIL actor Scott Glenn refused to reprise his Silence of The Lambs role of FBI agent Jack Crawford in the subsequent movies because the research he conducted for the original film disturbed him so much. It still apparently causes him anxiety to this day.
nWywY TIL the emergency number in Mozambique is 119, or in other words: 911 backwards.
go89 TIL Dolph Lundgren is the actor that has killed the most characters in action movies.
L7kV TIL that Until 1950, U.S. Weathermen Were Forbidden From Talking About Tornados
pYYlp TIL: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Both Wrestled; Both Are in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame