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TIL that then-Congressman and future Vice President Dan Quayle was invited to investigate Jonestown with fellow Congressman, Leo Ryan, but declined. That declination ended up saving his life, as Ryan was later assassinated in Guyana.

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e0Q6J TIL that Quentin Tarantino wants to quit directing around the age of 60 because he doesn't "want to be an old-man filmmaker, making old-man movies who doesn’t know when to leave the party." He is now 57.
1a4XO TIL that autististic and schizophrenic people have elevated urine levels of bufotenin, an no reason for this is known. Bufotenin is the also found in the toxin of the Colorado River Toad, which is known for its psychedelic effects.
0Zey TIL that when male fruit flies lose a fight, they get so depressed that they stop trying to fight other flies, even if they know they can win.
Me0jb TIL that the United States occupied Greenland during WWII to prevent it from being captured by the Nazis. After the war ended, they offered to buy it from Denmark for $100 million, but Denmark refused.
E607 TIL Bob Marley’s father was a white Englishman who was approximately 60 years old when he impregnated the singer’s mother, who was only 18 years old