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TIL A man biked over 19,000 miles while vaping weed to disprove the lazy stoner myth

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oRN6Y TIL In 1971, the Guinness World Records listed Clara as the "Most Indefatigable Cruise Passenger". For 14 years, she lived on RMS Caronia, which cost her $396 in daily fare. Without accounting for inflation, Cunard Line received $4 million from her in tickets.
4X8xJ TIL Alec Guinness agreed to appear in Star Wars only after he negotiated a deal that doubled his initial salary offer, guaranteed he wouldn’t have to do any publicity for the film, and that he would be awarded 2.25% of all gross royalties paid to George Lucas
rROaM TIL that a strain of genital warts from SE Asia appears to be older than Homo sapiens and might have been acquired through intimate contact with a now extinct human species
0deXM TIL about the “Bionic Chef”, Eduardo Garcia, who was electrocuted by a 2,400V electrified baby black bear while alone in the Montana wilderness, costing him his hand due to the resulting burns and infection
6YEY TIL an Indonesian politician makes a law to make porn illegal then gets caught watching porn in parliament.