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TIL Jim Carrey received training from a CIA adviser on how to deal with torture while filming "HOW the Grinch Stole Christmas". His Grinch costume and makeup would take hours to apply, and it felt like he was being buried alive. He almost quit the movie after the first day.

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dD9ZK TIL Santa Anna introduced chewing gum to the US during his exile from Mexico
7rVB7 TIL Heating oil is diesel fuel. It is dyed red to indicate that it is not legal to burn in a diesel vehicle because the red dye indicates that there were no road taxes paid with it.
wYPW TIL the guys from Workaholics Have a rap album called “Purple Magic”
XEDeE TIL of William Kamkwamba, who at the age of 15 taught himself how to build windmills out of junk to provide his family electricity, and later to pump water for his community that was suffering from a huge drought. He did all of this through library books, as his family couldn't afford schooling.
eMGg TIL in China you can pay someone to take your place during court trials and in jail, this is known as “Ding zui” and the Chinese govt censors information about it online