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TIL former hairdresser and producer Jon Peters got paid $80 Million for 'Man of Steel' despite being banned from the set

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m1bjp TIL that raccoon meat was once a staple at American Thanksgiving dinner tables and is still sold in places like St Louis. Raccoon reportedly tastes like "a combination of chicken and suckling pig" and is endorsed by Marvel actor Anthony Mackie who calls it "honestly the best meat you'll ever have."
mxo5y TIL a rumor spread suggesting child actor Shirley Temple wore a wig. This led to fans on multiple occasions yanking at her hair to test the rumor. Temple's hair was in fact natural and she had to endure a nightly process in the setting of her curls, with weekly vinegar rinses that burned her eyes.
GMm7 TIL that popular holiday plants poinsettias, mistletoe, and holly can cause health issues for cats if ingested.
4kMNR TIL people can guess if a person is rich or not by judging said persons' face, with a 68 percent accuracy
Xnjr TIL that brilliant mathematician Paul Erdös took amphetamines daily to fuel his intensive work schedule. A concerned friend bet he couldn’t quit. He went cold turkey for 30 days to prove he wasn’t an addict and then started up again saying “you’ve set mathematics back by a month.”