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TIL Toshiro Mifune accidentally became an actor because the Photography Division at Toho was full. He was recruited into the Acting Division while waiting for the photographer position to be open.

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j6x1n TIL about parfilage, a fashionable pastime among upper class ladies in 18th century France in which they would painstakingly destroy textile goods, thread by thread in a deliberate reversal of normal "women's work", sometimes even having things made specifically for that purpose
lo0MB TIL Before 1995, anyone who wanted a domain name could register it FREE OF CHARGE. That all changed when the National Science Foundation awarded tech consulting company Network Solutions the ability to charge for registration. Domain prices began at $100 for a two-year registration.
orGE TIL A snail’s venom could make a pain-killer 1000x more powerful than Morphine. And it’s non-addictive
BredL TIL about Inedia, aka Breatharianism, which is the belief that human beings can survive without food or water and sustain themselves with sunlight and "prana".
ga47 TIL there is a lamp, powered solely by gravity; that’s only $5