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TIL the birth control pill used to be known as the "red pill"

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WNNd TIL it has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve
BXjd TIL that while discussing the show “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”, Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton) told Will Smith, “Pick your character’s name carefully, people will call you it for the rest of your life.” So Will Smith named his character ‘Will Smith’
EgEd7 TIL 41 years ago, today, 3 people died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); under the negligent direction of John Landis, after he ordered a helicopter's tail-rotor directly over staged FX explosives. Bringing down the copter, decapitating two and crushing the other to death.
pW04 TIL Elijah Wood was 18 when he started filming as Frodo
pYdgp TIL about the hoax around’Drop Bears’. It’s a myth primarily concerned with tricking gullible tourists into thinking koala-like creatures will drop down randomly and attack from trees