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TIL The Rock charges movie companies $1 million to Tweet/IG about his movies

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VB5AD TIL that not only does the Australian King Brown or Mulga snake have one of the largest venom outputs of any snake, it doesn’t just strike, but latches on and chews to maximise envenomation. It specialises in eating other snakes and has significant resistance to their venom.
Vg64 TIL the Pope was not officially declared infallible until the 1st Vatican Council in 1870
pKgO TIL that one of Seattle’s wealthiest citizens in the late 19th century was a madame. Lou Graham’s brothel made her so rich that she loaned money; her loans helped save other wealthy people after the Panic of 1893. After dying of syphilis, Graham’s estate had no heirs so went to Seattle schools.
x61QB TIL Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) first started painting when he was in his late twenties. It was only at the age of 27 in 1880 that he began attending art school. Most of his paintings date to just the last two years of his life.
yMoJ TIL that in 1979, an unknown group of people paid for the erection of the “Georgia Guidestones”, 6 granite slabs that instruct the survivors of an apocalyptic scenario how to rebuild a better world.