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TIL about the old lady in Billy Madison, started acting in her 80's, lived for 108 years

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ArXn TIL that ESPN’s Mike Tirico once sent harassing emails to a female producer, then later confronted her saying, “If I was single, I would throw you on the table right here and fuck your brains out.” He then proceeded to follow her in his car for miles down I-84 before she took an exit in a panic
QNk69 TIL In Jumanji, the actor that plays Alan's (Robin Williams) dad also plays the hunter that tried to kill him
7ronp TIL an astronomer travelled to India in 1760 to observe Venus. His ship blew off course, and he missed the date. He stayed in India for 8 years to try again, but the sky was too cloudy. When he returned home, he had been declared dead, his wife remarried, his estate plundered, and his job lost
LQmnm TIL the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus lasted for just under 8 months in 1914
4Xmdw TIL that the English Crown, fearing the potential devaluation of gold, should the philosopher's stone actually be discovered, made penalties for alchemy very severe. In some cases the punishment for unsanctioned alchemy would include the public hanging of an offender on a gilded scaffold.