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TIL Sex Mountain in Indonesia attracts thousands of Muslim pilgrims, who believe having sex with strangers at this holy site will bring them wealth and good fortune.

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8lMb TIL Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman
m1m0R TIL About John Weir Foote a Canadian Army Chaplain from World War II who became the only Canadian Chaplain to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid. Among his actions were loading wounded onto evacuating craft and staying behind to aid those who could not be moved.
5Y8wp TIL that Weird Al wrote “The Saga Begins” based on internet spoilers of plot details as he was denied an early screening from LucasFilms of Star Wars Episode 1. He eventually saw the film during a pre-screening and the lyrics he wrote were so accurate, he only made minor changes afterwards.
MkD7 TIL that the movie Clerks was the first movie in history where the cost to license the soundtrack ended up being more than the production cost for the entire movie
bJYE TIL a guy dissected every scene from Lost and put them in a chronological timeline. He took every flashback, flash forward, and flash sideways, extracting them from the present day storyline, and created one big timeline.