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TIL Freud liked cocaine so much that he would give it to friends and family as a gift.

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7nW7 TIL Tim Burton didn’t direct Nightmare Before Christmas, he wrote/produced it. Henry Selick directed it.
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yQy7p TIL after Neil deGrasse Tyson tried to persuade rapper BoB that the Earth isn't flat, the rapper released a diss song against him called "Flatline" in which he expands his views on the Earth being flat.In response, Tyson and his rapper nephew responded with their own diss track titled "Flat to Fact"
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