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0d7MM TIL Oliver Stone started writing the screenplay for Platoon on July 4, 1976 after a fireworks display triggered his Vietnam War flashbacks.
ep05J TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet, ten times larger than Earth, that may lie in the outer reaches of the solar system and would explain a peculiar cluster of trans-Neptunian objects.
aKMM TIL that a tomb was built inside the U.S. Capitol for George Washington’s remains. The tomb is still accessible but not open to the public. He was instead buried at Mount Vernon by the wish of his will.
PYNQL TIL the Polish "Spirytus Delikatesowy" is believed to be the strongest liquor for sale in America; it contains almost 100% pure alcohol!
VMRZk TIL in 2017 North Korea arrested and tortured an American tourist college student, Otto Warmbier, for stealing a poster. He died of his wounds 6 days after being released back to his family