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TIL a man in China bought a first class ticket on China Eastern Airlines, went to the airport every day for almost a year, ate food for free at their lounge, changed his ticket for the next day after eating about 300 times, then cancelled his ticket for a full refund before validity expired.

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xVxQg TIL 75% of mammoth fossils are male, because "male mammoths—young, reckless, foolhardy—were just more likely to get into some kind of trouble and die, from getting stuck in a pit to running afoul of hunting humans." The tar pits, bogs, crevices, and lakes preserved remains well.
OGAe1 TIL that Bill Murray did not sign a contract while agreeing to play the lead in Lost In Translation. Director Sofia Coppola then proceeded to spend a quarter of the film's budget without knowing if Murray would follow through and expressed relief when he finally showed up.
pYmQG TIL whilst on the set of City By The Sea Anson Mount ran lines for his next film, Crossroads, with the help of Robert De Niro reading the role of Britney Spears
JY914 TIL about the Groom of the Stool: the most intimate of an English monarch's courtiers, responsible for assisting the king in excretion and ablution. Under Henry VII, the Groom of the Stool became a powerful official involved in setting national fiscal policy.
wPBW TIL that in 1975, NASCAR were invited by Le Mans organizers to race 2 cars at the 1976 24h of Le Mans. They turned out to be surprisingly very fast, but weren’t built for endurance racing and broke down midway through the race.