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TIL there were chips made with Olestra that caused many to run to the restroom

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kOPyW TIL that the 1985 movie ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ was the first feature film to have a completely CGI character: the knight emerging from the stained glass window. The effect was created by Pixar’s John Lasseter, who was working at Lucasfilm at the time.
0bnA TIL that during his burglary career, Malcom X played Russian roulette with himself, pulling the trigger three times to prove to his partners he wasn’t afraid to die. He later revealed in his autobiography that he palmed the round.
4XpGX TIL About Leslie 'Bull' Alan who carried twelve men to safety from Mount Tambu described as 'a gigantic man striding up Mount Tambu like he was on a Sunday jaunt'
w4ZW TIL that the oldest alliance in the world is between the UK and Portugal, and is over 700 years old.
l7RWB TIL the founder of FedEx took the company's last $5,000 to Las Vegas and won $27,000 gambling on blackjack, allowing the company to survive another week