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TIL Tom Hanks’ daughter, Elizabeth Hanks appeared in the film Forrest Gump. She was the little girl on the school bus that refused to let Forrest sit next to her.

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kO1WW TIL of “Thalaikoothal”, a traditional practice of senicide (murder of elderly) in southern India. It can be socially accepted, even if the victim may protest.
golD TIL Pixar animators working to finish Toy Story 2 had such a heavy workload that many chose to work long hours even though Pixar discouraged it. Animators developed carpal tunnel syndrome, and one even forgot he had left his baby in the backseat of his car all day.
JYkp4 TIL that Eunice Hunton Carter, a black female assistant district attorney, built the investigative case resulting in the 1936 conviction against mob boss Lucky Luciano. She was the first African American woman both to graduate from Fordham Law School, and then to serve as ADA in New York.
yQ6Ma TIL of Shennong, the Chinese God of Agriculture. Once a mortal man, he invented agriculture and travelled the world to eat every plant in existence to determine to his people which ones are edible, medicinal, and/or poisonous. He eventually poisoned himself, but his deeds raised him to Godhood
nevOB TIL L. Ron. Hubbard’s own son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr. was highly critical of Scientology and claimed black magic was the inner core of Scientology once stating, "my father did not worship Satan. He thought he was Satan."