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TIL that Robert De Niro snapped at his wife at a Manhattan bar that he “wouldn’t have to keep making shitty movies” if she didn’t spend all his money.

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jrbv TIL there is a theory that suggests the years AD 614–911 did not occur and that in fact the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto III, directed chroniclers to fabricate historical records and figures, such as Charlemagne, for these years. If thought to be true, it would currently be AD 1716, not 2013.
e0bvn TIL the forgotten show "Time Squad" was the first cartoon produced under the "Cartoon Network" banner for their own network and not Hanna Barrera. It also featured Mark Hamill as a robot.
GAkpQ TIL in the 1800’s bananas were seen as “immoral fruit” because of their shape. Fruit companies began issuing postcards of women eating bananas to advertise the fruit wasn’t taboo.
a885N TIL that until 2001 it was legal for Austrian farmers from the Vorarlberg region, to blow up deceased cows on mountains. This was done to avoid transporting them by helicopter which would've cost about 1500$ more in today's money.
mxRWo TIL researchers sent out surveys to 23AndMe users asking if they noticed a smell when peeing after eating asparagus. Using the 53% that said "Yes", they were able to isolate the specific part of the DNA that determines whether you can smell asparagus pee.