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TIL Tom Hardy impressed the real Charles Bronson so much with his preparations for his role as him in the Bronson movie that Charles shaved off his trademark mustache so that Tom could wear it as a loose mustache in the movie.

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GYDR7 TIL Bunker fuel is the generic term given to any fuel poured into a ship’s bunkers to power its engines. Deep sea cargo ships typically burn the heavy, residual oil left over after gasoline, diesel and other light hydrocarbons are extracted from crude oil during the refining process. It's very toxic
rRvG0 TIL, the book "death by starvation", written by Hegesias of Cyrene, a philosopher who believed that life was futile and advocated for suicide, was so influential that it convinced a number of people to kill themselves. Subsequently, Hegesias was banned from teaching in Alexandria
0drnN TIL that every year, Western Europeans alone collectively lose about 1.6 million years of healthy life because of traffic noise.
5b4R TIL: Romans used to crush 4 million mollusk shells to create one pound of purple pigment; This is why the color Purple is associated with Royalty as only the Kings could afford that color
ZPn4 TIL parts of Hudson Bay and the surrounding regions of Quebec are “missing” gravity. This area has the lowest gravity on Earth.