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TIL: Quentin Tarantino thinks "The Social Network" Is "Hands Down" the Best Film of the Last Decade. "Dunkirk" is second best.

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R5lka TIL - The layer of gold on the James Webb Space Telescope is so thin that if you added it up, it would only be about 7-8 wedding bands worth.
WkkZ8 TIL 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' nearly wasn't called 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. In the year leading up to its publication, Orwell vocalised his indecision over what to call his novel before settling on 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. Orwell took a long look at the title 'The Last Man in Europe'.
k4x7 TIL that all 13 minerals necessary for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.
5KOB TIL in 2008, when South Korea’s Health Ministry requested a lower price for a leading HIV drug made by Roche, the pharma company refused to sell it. The head of Roche’s Korea division reportedly said, “We are not in the business to save lives, but to make money. Saving lives is not our business.”
D148P TIL that a single Wolverine crossed the ice of Lake Huron into Michigan, where it lived out its days as the only one in the entire state. A local science teacher followed and studied her closely for years until her death. Upon finding her dead he said, "I feel like I lost a member of my family."