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TIL Marylin Manson purposively never did any interviews when he was getting blamed for the Columbine shooting because he would be contributing to giving the shooters what they wanted: media attention.

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drl7 TIL Milla Jovovich and Luc Besson developed the ‘divine language’ for the movie The Fifth Element. Both of them were fluent in it by the time the film production was finished.
NXYLP TIL that mature oak trees can reach heights of around 148 feet and can live up to 1,000 years. Oak trees have existed for 65 million years, and a single oak tree can produce around 10 million acorns during its lifespan. Out of these acorns, only 1 in 10,000 grow into an oak tree.
EnYp TIL in 2002 a 15 year old boy inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It damaged one office room and he was the only person that died.
1b0d TIL Some Atomic Bomb survivors grew strange, long black fingernails after the disasters, which contained active blood vessels. When broke off, they would bleed profusely and then regrow.
bPAp TIL the “L” in “could” was added intentionally in the 15th or 16th century solely to match the spellings of “would” and “should.”