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TIL in 1990, Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland were to be married - but Julia ran away to Europe with Kiefer's best friend. Humiliated, Kiefer took solace in steer roping. And despite breaking three fingers at his first rodeo he persevered to become a tournament-winning rider on the rodeo circuit.

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D1Ene TIL that it is considered bad luck to play a trick after midday on April Fool's day and that if you do play a joke after midday, you are considered the April fool yourself!
e0vN5 TIL Of the Caligula (1979) biographical film, this film, which is still banned from Canada and Iceland depicts the Emperors' cruel and salacious escapades, which included, kink, incest, drag, bestiality, orgies, prostitution and murder.
p8Zlp TIL When two subatomic particles called “bottom quarks” fuse, they release more than 7x the energy of individual fusion reactions in hydrogen bombs. The physicists who made this discovery kept it a secret until they were certain the discovery cannot be weaponized.
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Z8GGp TIL You must carry a gas mask at all times if you want to live in Miyakejima, Japan