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TIL Halle Berry refused to shower for 10 days to accurately portray a drug-addicted prostitute in Spike Lee's 1991 movie Jungle Fever. She felt sorry for co-star Samuel L. Jackson, "(I played) a foul-mouthed crack-smoking hoe. It’s true (I didn’t wash), ask Sam Jackson, he had to get a whiff of it!"

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loEYA TIL LuLaRoe has over 150,000 "consultants", who each spend on average $7000 buying their initial batch of clothing. There are over a billion dollars in lawsuits against the company from women claiming they were pushed to buy as much as $40k in clothing, with no assistance in actually selling
oBMEL TIL The St. Louis Rams were the first NFL team to put logos on their helmets, and as of 2014 the Cleveland Browns are the only NFL team not using any form of primary logo on its helmets. The Pittsburgh Steelers are the only NFL team that puts its logo on only one side of the helmet (the right side).
Wkpy4 TIL Simone Biles became the only woman to win All-Around Gold at Worlds 4 times, unveiled “The Biles” vault, and won medals on all events (4 Gold), WITH kidney stones last year.
neVxo TIL that the average age of all gamers is 33, and the male to female gamer distribution is pretty even, at 54% Male and 46% Female
d84aE TIL in 2013 it was estimated there were more than 100 uncontacted tribes around the world, mostly in the densely forested areas of South America, Central Africa, Asia and New Guinea. Knowledge of the existence of these groups comes from infrequent and sometimes violent encounters and aerial footage.