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TIL Students in Finland have coveralls to wear to parties

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0we1A TIL the movie studio responsible for The Hangover halved director Todd Phillips' $6.5m fee due to nervousness no big actor was attached to the film. Instead, Phillips requested a cut of the profits which netted him close to $70m.
dDE99 TIL - CDC has a plan in case of zombie apocalipse.
b9RPj TIL that the origin of the idiom "Red Herring" was itself a red herring. It was originally stated that red herring were used to help hounds sniff out prey. It's misleading because red herring were actually used to train horses and were only used if there were no dead cats available instead.
avrJ TIL Leslie Nielsen used a fart toy on the set of Airplane! to keep the cast on their toes. According to the cast, he “played it like a maestro.”
nemdP TIL Barry J. Marshall thought the H. Pylori bacteria caused stomach ulcers, and tested it on himself, then treated himself after that, curing himself and winning a Nobel Prize.