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TIL that Danny Glover is the great great grandson of Harriet Tubman

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Kp9R TIL the famous “McDonald’s hot coffee case” wasn’t a frivolous lawsuit. It was filed by an elderly lady who suffered third degree burns and was hospitalized for a week due to the coffee being served at almost boiling temperature.
BrQKW TIL one instance of the word "fuck" in a film automatically grants it a PG-13 rating from the MPAA. Two or more utterances earns an R rating, with some exceptions.
9DE6 TIL In 1944 the British submitted a full plan to kill Hitler during one of his routine, solitary walks. It was never carried out because he was such a poor strategist, they realised his replacement would do a better job of defending from the Allies.
166A7 TIL accusations from hundreds that their Toyotas were suddenly and uncontrollably accelerating caused a recall of 10mil cars and over a billion in fines for Toyota.. but was ultimately shown to be caused by driver error
pygG TIL In 2008, melamine added to milk in China caused kidney stones in thousands of Chinese children. To show his confidence in Chinese dairy products, Peter Mandelson MP drank a glass of Chinese yoghurt in front of reporters. The following week, he was hospitalised for a kidney stone.