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TIL that a poem written by Ed Justin in the 1980s called Pumpkinhead was the inspiration for the horror film Pumpkinhead.

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ZY9D TIL that until 1974, banks could (and usually would) refuse to issue a credit card to a woman unless she was married and her husband co-signed for the card. A divorced woman was considered too much of a risk because she “couldn’t keep a marriage under control.”
gx99 TIL a woman donated a kidney to her boss, who then fired her when she took too long to recover from the operation.
06ZL TIL in 1975 Australia had a government shutdown. In the end, all the members of Parliament were fired and then elections were held to restart from scratch. They haven’t had another shutdown since….
NX8Wb TIL that when The Karate Kid was in pre-production, Crispin Glover was considered for Johnny Lawrence before William Zabka got the part.
7G1L TIL the number of prescription pain reliever-related deaths over 10 years is four times higher than the rate of deaths from cocaine and heroin—combined.