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TIL Taken was written by the same guy that wrote The Karate Kid

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oBWEY TIL ancient Roman Philosopher Seneca chose to adopt a vegetarian diet "to challenge the decadence of his time". Seneca eventually abandoned vegetarianism, because he did not want to be associated with a particular political faction that had adopted it's practice.
mxjgP TIL the real MASH surgeon Hawkeye Pierce was based on was a hawkish conservative who hated Alan Alda's portrayal.
N6ZM TIL a Student bought his former Professor a Porsche because he believed in him 10 years ago.
GYMjj TIL that Robert Oppenheimer, "the father of the atom bomb" and the head of the Manhattan Project, once tried to poison his advisor for making him do experimental work instead of theoretical physics.
lDNa TIL deleted scenes from 1997’s “Event Horizon” were considered lost forever until some reels were found in a salt mine in Transylvania in bad condition.