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TIL that Steven Spielberg originally requested to use M&Ms for E.T., but Mars responded, saying they needed to see the script before agreeing. Not wanting to share anything about the movie, Spielberg switched to Reese’s Pieces.

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xV5wB TIL Chimpanzees have been known to steal alcohol, get drunk, then attack humans after mistaking them for monkeys
al5o TIL In 1937 an anonymous article was published in India warning about the dictatorial tendencies of Nehru who would later become India’s first Prime Minister. It said “His conceit is already formidable. It must be checked. We want no Caesars”. It was later revealed that the author was Nehru himself.
oRKOL TIL that dueling scars were seen as such a "mark of class" and honor in Germany and Austria, that some students who did not fence would scar themselves with razors in imitation
LQ5w0 TIL that in 2009 the 90s video game composer and host of Video Games Live, Tommy Tallarico, once got caught smuggling over $100,000 into the USA
9Jgr TIL Drugmakers and Internet companies link U.S. pharmacy records with online accounts to target ads to people based on their health conditions and the prescription drugs they buy.