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TIL the popular 2000 Ben Stiller movie, Meet The Parents, is based on an obscure 1992 film with a $30,000 budget.

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e04A4 TIL of Edward Bunker, who played Mr. Blue in Q.Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Before becoming an actor, he was convicted of bank robbery, drug dealing, extortion, armed robbery, and forgery, and in 1951 had the dubious honor of being the youngest ever inmate in San Quentin State Prison at age 17.
7r5yX TIL that there has never been a documented case of a stranger intentionally poisoning a trick-or-treater by tampering with candy; the closest case was Ronald Clark O’Bryan, who laced his own child's candy with cyanide, as part of a scheme to claim life insurance
epjaL TIL a 1978 study had students approach strangers & ask to have sex. 75% of men said yes; zero women did. But a 2015 study made sure its participants believed they could accept offers of sex without fear of what might happen to them; it found when society isn’t judging, women's sex drive rivals men's
oxbL TIL Kraft Macaroni Cheese (Microwaved macaroni with synthetic powder cheese) is Canada’s national dish and is the most sold grocery product in the country.
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