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TIL that Australia bans porno performers with 'A cup' breasts to curb pedophilia

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AD8rd TIL about Bridger Walker who saved his little sister from a vicious dog attack, stating, “If someone had to die, I thought it should be me,”. After his heroic act he was crowned heavyweight world champion by the World Boxing Council for a day. nsfw.
Lk6jv TIL that a “white elephant gift exchange” takes its name from the legend of the King of Siam gifting rare albino elephants to those who displeased him because the upkeep costs would financially ruin them.
4ko6 TIL that Japanese folklore contains a creature known as Ashiarai Yashiki, a giant foot that crashes through the roof in the middle of the night, demanding the terrified homeowner wash it.
b9x7 TIL in 2005 Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased a 400,000-acre (1,600 km2) area of land in the heart of the Amazon rainforest from a logging company for the sole purpose of it’s preservation.
Wn1o TIL Tom Hanks was not paid his actor’s fee for his role in the movie Forrest Gump. In lieu of a fee, Tom Hanks took percentage points which earned him about 40 million dollars.