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TIL that the sequel to Puss in Boots was originally going to be titled Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves.

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wojAY TIL In 1998, Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung sent 1001 cattle as a symbol of positive progress from South Korea to North Korea as humanitarian aid during a famine to promote peace and strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries. Sadly, many of them didn't survive the first winter season.
Zplao TIL that two US Presidents were citizens of the confederacy, John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson
oaY7 TIL “Gaslighting” is an extremely effective form of emotional abuse that causes a victim to question their own feelings, instincts, and sanity, which gives the abusive partner a lot of power
E1AEp TIL Sadly, Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane in Superman '78, committed suicide with drugs and alcohol in May of 2018. Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade died by suicide in June 2018, but Kidder's death was not ruled suicide until August.
4XmZX TIL of Ann Hodges, the only known and confirmed meteorite victim in human history. The meteorite breaks through their ceiling one afternoon in 1954 while she was sleeping on her couch and left a large bruise in her thigh. The meteorite was eventually donated to Alabama Museum of Natural History.