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TIL that the 1999 film “The Mummy” was so successful that the morning after it was released Universal Studios phoned the director and said “we need another one”

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R7rZ1 TIL President JFK had an affair with a 19 year old White House intern, including one instance where he dared her successfully to perform oral sex on his special assistant, Dave Powers
a8pdM TIL of Ticker Tape Synesthesia, or seeing words in writing as they're spoken, sort-of like a news ticker or subtitles. There's no known cause, but it's thought to result from excess inter-connectivity of neurons in the different sensory regions of the brain.
jVBE TIL in an attempt to shut down the MS13 gang in the early 90’s, illegal members were deported to their home countries. Instead of shutting down, deportees gained territory upon their return home and now MS13 has over 100,000 members worldwide and is one of the largest, deadliest gangs.
XJ1R Today I learned that puppy breath smells good because their esophagus is still developing. You smell gas from the fresh food and sweet milk they just ate as opposed to bile or plaque in an adult dog’s breath.
oBEKR TIL Wilhelm Rontgen used his wife's (Anna Bertha Ludwig) left hand to test his discovery, the X-Ray. After seeing her hand's X-Ray, she aptly exclaimed "I have seen my death".