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TIL that a legal fight between the heirs of John Steinbeck prevented Steven Spielberg from directing a re-make of "The Grapes of Wrath" starring Daniel Day-Lewis

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Y7akA TIL that catnip does not affect all cats because catnip sensitivity is an inherited genetic trait. Kittens that have the trait for catnip sensitivity will be affected at around 3 months old.
GYRNN TIL a Navy Seal Lieutenant, Michael P. Murphy, along with a 4-man team were pinned down by nearly 100 Taliban Militants in a remote part of Afghanistan. Murphy made his way to a high-point in the mountains to successfully phone in reinforcements. He continued to fight for 2 hours until his death.
65oX TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio spent part of his childhood in Germany with his grandparents and speaks German fluently.
p8rLA TIL about Richard Francis Burton, a British "explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat." He spoke 29 languages, translated the Kama Sutra, and shocked Victorian England with his essays about homosexuality.
awgRb TIL - three quarters of all U.S. farms account for only 4 percent of product sales, making the notion of "family farmers" who deserve subsidies obsolete to our food supply