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TIL The film Predator was originally written in responese to Rocky movies after people joked he was running out of people to box and would have to fight an alien next

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RA66 TIL heroin use among US adults went from 0.33% to 1.6% from 2001 to 2013.
PYn0g TIL the U.S.A. installed nuclear powered undersea data cable taps to spy on the Soviet Union
VjGm TIL that in 1856 a school master strangled a student for stepping on his tame parrot. Afterwards the boy’s father went to the school and shot the schoolmaster dead.
l7LOK TIL When Kim Wilde's '81 smash hit "Kids in America" was climbing the charts, Kim had never actually been to the US. The lyrics were written by her father who based them on a TV show he saw about hardened, rebellious teens in America. The music was written by her brother.
xEbD TIL Charlie Bronson (The prisoner) demanded an inflatable doll, a helicopter and a cup of tea during one of his hostage situations, but then released the hostage after being disgusted when he farted in front of him.