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TIL Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary wrote a massive screenplay in 1987 called ‘The Open Road’, which would later get split into two separate screenplays called 'True Romance’ and 'Natural Born Killers’.

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vQ5K TIL Sushi doesn’t refer to the fish or the nori wrapping, but rather the vinegared rice, which is considered the most important component and backbone of sushi.
1XK4 TIL Alex Rodriguez has bought every rookie who walks into the yankee clubhouse 3 suits since 2004
9wk8B TIL there's a 17th century printing of the Bible that's referred to as "The Wicked Bible" because it contains the misprint "Thou shalt commit adultery."
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gMQxX TIL of Chevalier d'Éon - a French spy, dragoon and ambassador who had lived life both as man and woman. Their autopsy indicated they were intersex, and presented masculine in their early life for sake of inheritance.