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TIL Marie Curie died from exposure to X-Rays she performed on soldiers on the front lines in World War One. Not from exposure to radium in the lab as many people assume

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5VMxP TIL the original Beetlejuice script was less humorous and more dark with the initial fatal car accident depicted graphically. Betelgeuse himself was supposed to be a winged demon who takes the form of a short MiddleEastern man. He also wants to kill the Deetzes and wants sex from Lydia not marriage
D188Y TIL that Pumped Up Kicks, in the writer of the songs word, A big f*** you to hipsters because they will be rocking out to the song while hating the lyrics.
gMMay TIL that Pokemon is the highest-grossing media franchise of all time, beating out Star Wars by over $13 billion.
mYWy TIL Vice-President Andrew Johnson took his presidential oath while drunk. “Glassy-eyed and smelling of whiskey, he reminded […] pretty much everyone within hearing distance that they owed their positions to ‘plebeians’ such as himself, then kissed the Bible and staggered away”.
j6VAN TIL incest is legal in Rhode Island