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TIL The day Matt Damon and Ben Affleck filmed the opening airport scene in Dogma (1999) was the day the won their Oscar for Good Will Hunting (1997).

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j9RM TIL the marble masterpiece “Sleeping Hermaphroditus” was unearthed ~1608 after being buried for centuries. In 1620, 22-yr-old phenom Gian Lorenzo Bernini carved the marble mattress on which s/he lies today that’s so strikingly realistic visitors are compelled to give it a testing prod.
kEX7 TIL: In 1954, famous rhythm-and-blues singer Johnny Ace died after jokingly pointing a gun toward himself and accidentally shooting himself with it. His last words were “It’s okay! Gun’s not loaded… see?”
Zp7AY TIL that 25% of American cowboys were Black. I also learned that (its rumored) the term "Cowboy" originated from calling Black cow-hands, cow-boys as a derogatory term.
7agO TIL women can use PMS as a defense in the court
KOBZ4 TIL that meringues become sticky because the sugar absorbs moisture from the air