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TIL that the infamous ending to the movie Se7en only came about because director David Fincher was mailed the wrong version of the script.

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a8rj9 TIL in 1979 the director of South Korea's CIA assassinated the South Korean president
GAPON TIL Yoda was almost played by a monkey in mask!
p6aZ TIL Every Apple iPhone advertisement displays the time as 9:41 AM, the time Steve Jobs unveiled it in 2007.
l7Y7N TIL "cretinism" is an outdated medical term for congenital hypothyroidism, which can lead to mental impairment. It's most often caused by iodine deficiency, and over 100 countries mandate iodized salt as a preventative measure
jN0kX TIL there are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way. A study led by Yale University researches with scientists from 15 different countries arrived at an estimate of 3,000,000,000,000 (3 trillions) of trees, by combining on-the-ground study with satellite imaging.