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TIL about the existence of "The Sweatbox," a making-of documentary about Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove" that Disney had financed but was so "awkwardly truthful" about how Disney movies are made, it was never officially released

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bLPQ TIL a Utah man ate at Benihana 579 times in one year to win a contest. His reward was $1,000 and a trip to any Benihana
nZbW TIL of a homeless man in NYC who would regularly order an expensive dinner at a restaurant and refuse to pay for it in order to be sent to prison where he would receive 3 meals a day and a clean bed. He refused to commit more serious crimes to get longer sentences as he did not want to hurt anyone.
J11X1 TIL in 1975 women in Iceland went on a general strike to protest employment and wage inequity.
R7EXl TIL there is a village called “Miracle Village” situated in Pahokee Florida that is only inhabited by registered sex offenders.
MekJb TIL That motion/car sickness is caused because your brain thinks you have been poisoned and is trying to get it out of your system.