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TIL that Brad Pitt voluntarily went to a dentist to have his front teeth chipped for the role of Tyler Durden in Fight Club. His teeth were fixed after he finished making the movie.

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x6eb1 TIL the Japanese United Red Army conducted an internal purge of its members in 1972, killing 12, including 1 member killed for asking for tissues.
m1Xxp TIL that "Machine Gun" Molly Bolin set the U.S. women's pro basketball single game scoring record despite dislocating her shoulder early in the game
j65Bj TIL that from 1603 to 1867, Japan’s Tokugawa Shogunate enacted a policy called Sakoku that isolated the country from foreign trade and contact. Only Dutch, Chinese, and Korean traders were allowed to trade in Nagasaki under strict regulations and were strictly observed during their stay.
dD689 TIL that if you make a hole in one with a Titleist ball you can fill out a form online and Titleist will send you a wooden plaque as a reward for the hole in one.
oooA TIL in 2000, the destroyer USS The Sullivans was the target of a failed terror plot in the Port of Aden; the bombers’ suicide boat was so overloaded with explosives that it sank. The culprits were able to salvage the explosives, and 9 months later, used them to attack the USS Cole in the same port.