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TIL that 11% of billionaires tracked by Forbes did not graduate from college - but 45% went to an elite university

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J11g8 TIL that during the filming of My Left Foot (1989), Oscar winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis remained in character for the whole production. He stayed in the wheel chair for the duration of the shot and the film crew had to lift him over obstacles. They had to feed him too.
N7x0b TIL when Germany invaded Denmark in WWII, George de Hevesy used aqua regia to dissolve 2 golden nobel prize medals from Laue and Frank, to prevent nazis from conviscating them. After the war he precipitated the gold out of the acid and the nobel foundation recast the medals and gave them back.
R7YW4 TIL John Lennon released a song called ‘Woman is the n*gger of the world
N7Qgb TIL Samurais in Japan were concurrent with Cowboys in the American Old West
6vvm TIL Near human-like levels of consciousness have been observed in the African gray parrot