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TIL that A Time to Kill by John Grisham was inspired by the case of a black man named Willie James Harris. Grisham swapped the races for his novel

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VMBPD TIL a vigilante in Bristol, England has been sneaking out at night for 10 years to fix grammar and punctuation errors on signs such as “Herberts the Bakery,” using stickers and an eight-foot-long tool he calls the “apostrophizer.”
LkDJm TIL that Flamin’ Hot Cheetos were invented by Richard Montañez, a janitor for Frito-Lay. After heeding the call of the then CEO to “act like an owner” he then called the CEO about his idea, which took off as one of their best selling products today
oRYYL TIL: The Army developed a weapon concept after being inspired by a Pokémon episode in 1998. The weapon was designed to produce large scale seizures with a range of hundreds of meters. It can incapacitate people for up to 5 minutes. The Pokémon episode that inspired it caused 700 seizures.
PYrKg TIL That Tom Hanks' brother voiced Woody for Toy Story when Tom was busy with other stuff
mx9px TIL that vultures are the most threatened birds in the world (and are ecologically vital). By feasting on poisoned carrion, they end up poisoned themselves.