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TIL in Predator 2, the pistol that Danny Glover receives was meant to be a nod to a future movie where the predator would fight pirates…

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6EVZl TIL The FDA tried to regulate vitamin supplements in high doses (>150% DV) due to potential health risks. Regulations were fought by the Vitamin Industry, who then funded a bill preventing all FDA regulation of supplements, which has been law since in 1976.
LkkDQ TIL of Leo Major, a French Canadian soldier, one of three Commonwealth soldiers to receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal twice in two separate wars - the first for single-handedly liberating the City of Zwolle in WWII; the second for defending Hill 355 with 18 men against 14 000 Chinese in Korea.
wLWQ6 TIL that a hurricane hit Hawaii when Jurrasic Park was filming. The sets were destroyed and the cast and crew were stranded in a leaking hotel ballroom. Steven Spielberg played cards with the kids for hours and told them stories to distract them. Real footages of the hurricane were added to the film
nerYd TIL that in 2001, researchers removed 2055 brown recluse spiders from a single Kentucky Home. No one living there was ever envenomed
OGGgR TIL that lobe-finned fish are more closely related to humans than to fish such as trout or sharks!