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TIL Jeff Daniels received a $50,000 paycheck for his role in Dumb and Dumber, in stark contrast to his co-star, Jim Carey, who received $7,000,000

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J17Am TIL in Beijing 2012, a Ferrari crashed during sex-orgy between a naked driver and 2 women. Driver (who died) was son of Ling Jihua, Chief-of-Staff serving then Chinese President Hu Jintao. Ling reportedly denied body was his son when visiting morgue. He was eventualy sentenced to life for corruption
AGld TIL if you were to scan the barcode on the back of Agent 47’s (from the Hitman games) head it leads to an Amazon link for a sex toy
1N8d TIL the universe is bigger than it is old. The universe (93 billion light-years in diameter) is much larger than the distance light could traveled during 13.8 billion years since the big bang.
9YOkQ Today I learned that Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo is largely based upon the life of an actual man.
GnYG TIL ‘Skyhook,’ used to capture Lau in The Dark Knight, was real.