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TIL “Extra Extra! Read all about it!” Was used by Newsies to sell special edition newspapers called “extras”, not actual excess newspapers.

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wojEE TIL There is a list of Inventors, who died by their own Inventions on wiki. Stockton Rush (the Titan owner) was just added.
v1rrL TIL that Indian surgeons were performing successful rhinoplasties as early as 600 BC. They'd slice an upside-down nose shape from your forehead skin, twist it around, and insert hollow bamboo sticks for you to breathe through.
KYoJ9 TIL despite having $4.5M production budget, Get Out's marketing cost $30M. It eventually earned $252.4M on box office, making 630% return on investment.
ADwQ7 TIL "Maundy" as in Maundy Thursday comes from Latin mandatum (Eng. commandment) and symbolizes the new commandment given during the Last Supper.
nWoKb TIL that Bruce Lee was born in the US because his dad was on tour with the opera. This allowed him to later become a US citizen.