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TIL Game of thrones revceives money from the Irish Government to keep airing because their innitial investment of 9 million pounds returned 65 million pounds through GOT related tourism.

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DRbD TIL that the “Cool S”, that everyone remembers drawing back in junior high, has no clear origin and has spread across the globe since the 1980s.
xVndk TIL Dusty Hill from ZZ Top wanted to feel "normal" after their "Worldwide Texas Tour". So he cut his hair, got a job at an airport, went by the name of "Joe" and would go out on Friday nights with coworkers so he could feel "grounded".
bdG0 TIL Actor Jon Bernthal took a long vow of silence, to prepare for his role as a mute in the movie ‘Pilgrimage’ which allowed him to discover some important lessons about human nature. “I learned how much time people spend talking and they’re not really saying anything, they’re just passing time.”
m1v0x TIL that desert truffles, cousins of the better known European varieties, are associated with lightning. This delicacy grows under the sands of the Middle East and North Africa and frequently appear after thunderstorms which form nitrogen compounds beneficial to the fungus.
oRaV8 TIL Michael Mastromarino, aka the Bone Snatcher, was a disgraced oral surgeon who made millions of dollars illegally harvesting & selling body parts from cadevers. It is estimated that more than 10,000 patients received his transplants. He went to prison where, ironically, he died from bone cancer.