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TIL That we use Diamond Rings to propose due a marketing strategy by a jewelry company from the 40’s

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R4Wl TIL a woman on vacation heard a voice in her head telling her to return home immediately. The voices gave her an address to a hospital’s brain scan department. She found she had a brain tumor. On having it operated on, the voices told her they were happy to help her and “good bye”.
vPB57 TIL in the book that 101 Dalmatians was based on, there were 4 adult Dalmatians and 97 puppies instead of 2 adults and 99 puppies. While two of the adult dogs were named Pongo and Perdita, they weren't mates with each other but with two dogs named "Missis" and "Prince", both absent from the film.
QJEKX TIL that the Black Panther Party created the Free Breakfast for School Children Program in which they gave free breakfasts to over 10,000 kids so that they’d have the energy to learn in school
16Zy7 TIL Jaws directly contributed to a surge in shark hunting, and consequently a drop in shark populations. Peter Benchley regretted writing Jaws, "Knowing what I know now, I could never write that book today. Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges."
G5eG TIL astronomers detected building blocks of life in a planetary system some 455 light-years away