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TIL the movie 'Cape Fear' was originally developed by Steven Spielberg, but he eventually decided it was too violent and traded it to Martin Scorsese in exchange for 'Schindler's List', which Scorsese had decided not to make.

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M7ba0 Today I learned about “blading”. WWE wrestlers would cut themselves while on the ground to make fake injuries appear real.
awNvJ TIL USSR used remotely controlled tanks during WW2. They were called "Teletanks" and were able to recognize sixteen to twenty-four different commands sent via radio and drop armored box-bombs.
YDnW TIL Blue whale calves are born weighing 3 tons, gain 8 lbs an hour and grow 1.5 inches per day! and their father’s nuts are the size of a midsize car..
kJoDg TIL in 1981 a fire at the Las Vegas Hilton killed 8 guests and injured hundreds. A busboy initially praised as a hero for warning guests of the fire was later convicted of setting the blaze. The busboy claimed he accidentally set the fire while smoking a joint on his break.
AYgg TIL The earliest known use of the phrase “trick or treat” appeared in a small town in Alberta, Canada in 1927