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TIL when asked why she was never an official Victoria's Secret Angel, Naomi Campbell explained it's because they couldn't afford her.

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kOpDg TIL about Tony Momoh, a journalist and one-time Nigerian minister of information and culture (1986 - 1990). He is the 165th child of his father, King Momoh I of Auchi, who had 48 wives and about 245 children.
epRoD TIL the longest poem in the world is the Hindu Mahābhārata. It's more than 5 times the length of the Bible, the Iliad, and the Odyssey combined! It has 220000 verses and about 1.8 million words.
7e5r TIL the Olympic flame in 1976 traveled by radio waves to a laser that lit the cauldron.
VMQ4B TIL that Toto, the Japanese toilet company, created a motorcycle that runs on waste. It has a toilet for a seat.
eZ1L TIL 2 versions of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ were made: a PG-13 version and an R-rated version. Test audiences preferred the R-rated version, so that’s what was released.