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TIL that Nicolas Cage Spent $150 million on 15 homes (including one haunted mansion), two islands, a dinosaur skull, a Lamborghini, exotic pets and a rare vintage comic book.

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9YaeM TIL In response to the film "Apollo 18", NASA engineer John Schuessler clarified that moon landings ended with Apollo 17 because NASA simply did not have the time or funds to fit in more moon landings after 1972. He also sees no evidence of extraterrestrial life on the Moon
QNxrL TIL that due to very poor consumer reviews and negative media attention in 2014, Haribo discontinued sugar free gummy bears. The gummy bears contained maltitol, a sugar alcohol that is not fully digestible and that ferments in the gut. It can cause increased flatulence, loose stools, and diarrhea.
pYJXO TIL A Ramsar site refers to a wetland area recognized as globally significant under the Ramsar Convention, also known as 'The Convention on Wetlands.' This international environmental treaty was signed on February 2, 1971, in Ramsar, Iran, under the patronage of UNESCO.
yVYDp TIL that Redbad, the last pagan King of Frisia (modern-day northern Netherlands), refused to convert to Christianity, choosing to spend eternity in Hell with his ancestors rather than in Heaven with beggars.
Yr0B TIL James Earl Jones used to use Darth Vader as a CB radio handle while traveling cross country and spoke in character. “The truck drivers would really freak out — for them, it was Darth Vader. I had to stop doing that.”