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TIL that the cast and crew of Borat nearly started a riot during the filming of the rodeo scene where Borat sings the (made up) Kazakhstan national Anthem to the tune of the American national anthem.

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JY0VQ TIL that suppressing your emotions is physically unhealthy, greatly increasing your risk of premature death and cancer. So cry, scream, let it out. You'll thank yourself eventually.
lomea TIL that Key West was called Cayo Hueso (Bone Cay) by the Spanish because of all the human skeletons littering the isle
p8drO TIL that Walt Disney gave his housekeeper, Thelma Pearl Howard, stocks of the company during holidays and birthdays every year, instead of cash. The stocks were valued very little at the time, but by the time she was in her 70s, they were worth $9 million.
Kg0R TIL that there is a myth in South Africa that raping a baby will cure AIDS
XErDR TIL that thanks to new DNA technology and better evacuation tactics, there have been zero "unknown" soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In World War II there were 8,526.