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TIL After the scene where Margot Robbie has sex with Leonardo DiCaprio on a pile of money in 'Wolf of Wall Street', Robbie ended the scene with her back covered in paper cuts from the fake money they used

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9wJvG TIL Johnny Depp was the first person to hear Glass Animals' #1 Billboard hit "Heat Waves". Lead singer Dave Bayley was writing it late at night in a London studio when Depp, working in another studio, snuck into the room while searching for the restroom and listened to the entire unreleased track.
7Z9Z TIL your whole body aches when you have the flu because your immune system dilates all of your blood vessels and makes your muscles constantly contract
M1gK TIL The firemen that went up on Chernobyl’s roof almost instantly received a fatal radiation dose when they looked down into the reactor to extinguish the flames. A scientist later observed their hoses dangling above the reactor, the firemen not there anymore. None were ever seen again.
4k88J TIL that purple became associated with royalty due to a shade of it named Tyrian purple, which was created using the mucous glands of Murex snails. Even though it smelled horrible, this pigment was treasured in ancient times as a dye because its intensity deepened with time instead of fading away.
m1ZlY TIL about the final episode of the TV show Howdy Doody. To save money the three different actors who played Clarabell the clown over the 13-year run were not allowed to speak, but communicated through mime and a horn. The series ended with Clarabell looking into the camera to say "Goodbye, kids."