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TIL Russell Brand ended his marriage to Katy Perry via text … has never spoken to her since.

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E10A7 TIL the cause of death of the individuals who jumped out of the WTC on 9/11 are ruled as homicides due to blunt trauma (as opposed to suicides)
Oo4dX TIL that none of Pulp Fiction's main stars (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis) were Tarantino's first choices for their characters.
a88k9 TIL I learned the saying, "Jalisco es México" (Jalisco is Mexico), the motto of the Meixcan state of Jalisco. This phrase references the fact that much of what foreigners associate with Mexico (e.g., mariachi, ranchera music, birria, tequila) originate from Jalisco specifically.
Jr4 TIL that Hannibal filled clay jars with poisonous snakes and had his soldiers throw them onto enemy ships during a naval battle to incite panic. He won.
D1lxP TIL that the reason why the hair on the back of our necks raises when we see something scary or profound is because when humans still had fur, this would make us appear much larger than what we usually are, just like what a cat does. This is called the Piloerection Reflex, or Goosebumps.