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TIL when Paul Verhoeven first received the script for Robocop, he threw it away in disgust after glancing through it. His wife picked it up from the bin and read through it more thoroughly, and persuaded him that it had more substance than he initially thought.

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8e1EL TIL that Chicago is home to a significant Appalachian population. Between 1940 and 1970, approximately 3.2 million Appalachian and Southern migrants, both black and white, settled in Chicago and elsewhere in the Midwest. Uptown gained a reputation for being a “Hillbilly Heaven”.
x6K91 TIL the old film Kevin watched in Home Alone isn’t a real movie.
nWver TIL that the sandbox tree, aka the 'dynamite tree' is covered in poison-filled spikes. Its pumpkin-shaped fruits, when ripe, explode and fling seeds at 250 km/h (160 mph).
neeMd Short answer: No, but you’re getting veeeeeeery sleepy
rYg1 TIL There is a PINK lake in this planet of ours