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TIL that the writer of the hymn "Amazing Grace" had an incredibly filthy mouth. During his time as a sailor he was: "admonished several times for not only using the worst words the captain had ever heard, but creating new ones to exceed the limits of verbal debauchery"

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YpdW TIL that, as Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin) was only 17 when filming Superbad, his mother was required to be on set during the filming of his sex scene.
YWvZ TIL it’s illegal to own hamsters as pets in Hawaii
eKBE TIL Stan Lee almost quit making comics. He only continued when Lee’s wife urged him to experiment with stories the way he wanted to, since he was planning on changing careers and had nothing to lose. This led to the golden age of comics.
e8KD TIL that voting is compulsory in Australia and that citizens are fined if you do not vote !
lod9a TIL about Benford's law: if you take natural sets of numbers (like lenghts of rivers, population of cities, financial transactions..), probability of first number is not even. There is 30% probability for number to start with 1, and only to 5% for 9. It is so reliable it is used to defect fraud!