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TIL that woolly mammoths still walked the Earth during the time of the construction of the Great Pyramid in Egypt

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gmJ9 TIL BP refused to allow clean up workers to wear respirator masks while working with toxic chemicals following the Gulf spill because they were worried about the negative PR
rrgM TIL John Rabe who helped saved 200,000 Chinese lives during during World War 2, had to rely on Chinese care packages after the 2nd World War as he and his family were living in poverty
6EoDX TIL That the guy who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan has been freed from psychiatric care since mid-2016 (John Hinckley Jr.)
LklBd TIL Winston Churchill once said that one of life's four essentials was cold champagne and so he drank over 42,000 bottles of champagne during his lifetime(about two bottles a day). The other three essentials were hot baths, new peas and old brandy
o717 TIL George Lucas paid the entire $33 million production fee for Star Wars V himself, taking out a loan from the bank. He made his money back in three months, and Star Wars V went on to gross over half a billion dollars, making it the most successful independent film of all time.