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TIL Danny Devito was the executive producer on Pulp Fiction

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1gPO TIL Fraser Island, Australia, is the largest Island to be entirely made out of sand.
6ENJ7 TIL that terminally ill patients in the US may choose to be treated with experimental drugs only passing minimal testing, as covered by the "Right-to-try-Law".
ANYEn TIL that chemotherapy can be traced back to the sinking of an Allied ship secretly carrying chemical weapons in WW2
loXPV TIL: The US Army spent $5 billion on pixellated uniforms that did not provide adequate camouflage in any environment whatsoever.
ZN04 TIL there was a massive solar storm in 1859 that sparked fires in telegraph offices. Were a storm of that size to hit today, it would knock out power grids for months or longer.