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TIL At age 10, Shia LaBeouf landed a hollywood agent by pretending to be his own manager and calling random agents in the yellow pages

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jWME TIL that the Burmese Python infestation in the Florida Everglades likely comes from the destruction of a 900 snake breeding facility during Hurricane Andrew in 1992
epWEk TIL the company that makes ‘Baby Ruth’ candy sued Babe Ruth for company infringement when he tried to create his own candy company. They claimed it was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, who had died 17 years before the candy hit the market. Babe Ruth lost the suit.
QJL4L TIL Iran pays people to donate kidneys, and has no waiting list for kidney transplantation
jrDX TIL when Londoner Henry Budd died in 1862, he left his whole estate to his two sons on one condition – that neither of them would grow a moustache
QJ9WL TIL a photo a man who appeared to die while masturbating during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD was due to the contraction of limbs as a consequence of the heat effect on their bodies after death occurred.