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OG49R TIL that multiple consultants to the 1992 film American Me, were murdered by the Mexican Mafia who were offended by certain scenes, with actor Danny Trejo putting the number killed at 10.
OGlm7 TIL that more than half the drop in America’s total fertility rate is explained by women under the age of 19 now having next to no children
oQlA TIL in 2013 a Chicago man told police who pulled him over “I’m gonna be real with you, I have a gun in my ass.” The cops then found a gun in his ass.
8vRP TIL Hofstadter’s Law states: “It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.”
v1pED TIL Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing have both been translated into Klingon. Klingon Hamlet was also performed in its entirety by the same theater company responsible for the Klingon Christmas Carol.