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TIL A man was arrested during layover flight in Dubai for possession of 0.003g of marijuana detcted in his shoe

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QJwDX TIL Taxi Driver (1976) was made with a low budget of only $1.9 million. Robert De Niro & Cybill Shepherd received only $35k for the film while Scorsese received only $65k. Despite the low budget, it went on to receive 4 nominations at the 1977 Academy Awards.
Qd89 TIL “Christopher Columbus, in an effort to induce the natives of Jamaica to continue provisioning him and his hungry men, successfully intimidated the natives by correctly predicting a lunar eclipse”
6bnY TIL Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.
OGaLR TIL recent research shows the demodex mite, which lives on most humans' skin, has an anus. Contradicting earlier findings.
oBAp7 TIL - German saboteurs blew up a 15 tons of gunpowder on a barge in Seattle, 1915.