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TIL there was a Blade tv series from 2006 that shares the same continuity with the New Line Cinema movies but with a different actor in the role of Blade

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1aRLP TIL that when the VCR was invented, film companies tried to make it illegal due to the possibility of recording copyrighted material, in a case which reached the Supreme Court. The head of the MPAA compared the effect of the VCR on television to that of the Boston Strangler on women.
O09g TIL Natalie Portman in an interview for Black Swan said ‘How do you get guys to a ballet movie? How do you get girls to a thriller?’ And the answer is a lesbian scene. Everyone wants to see that.”
m1GEp TIL that Fiesta, a snack sold by Ferrero (Nutella’s brand) in Italy and targeted to the entire family, contains 8.5% liqueur.
Bg88x TIL about the "Demon Core" a plutonium core of an atomic bomb designated to be the 3rd nuclear bomb dropped on Japan during WWII, but after Japan surrendered the core was used for research at Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico where it was involved in two fatal accidents.
X0ZWE TIL The consumption of soft drinks that are caffeinated, or sweetened with aspartame, is linked to earlier menstruation in girls, which is linked to risk for several chronic diseases