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TIL that Quentin Tarantino’s father, Al Pacino’s father and Patrick Swayze’s mother made an exercise video together called “Silver Foxes: Power Pilates”

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WkeGX TIL of Australian Soldier Jim Moody, who smuggled Horrie, his battalion's mascot back to Australia after WWII, violating quarantine laws. Ordered to surrender Horrie to be destroyed, he purchased another dog from a pound and surrendered it, and Horrie lived many years.
4j4b TIL that 3D Doritos are still made/sold in Mexico, and you can buy them on eBay
8a60V TIL the US minted a quarter For 2020 with bats on it. First time bats have appeared on a US coin.
O1MY TIL Jurors can legally return a ‘not guilty’ verdict if they believe the law is unjust regardless of whether or not the defendant actually committed the crime through a process called 'jury nullification’ but judges rarely inform juries of this power.
l7JXA TIL that more men than women are colorblind, not because knowing colors is considered a feminine trait, but because it is a sex-linked gene. Colorblindness is a recessive trait on the X chromosome, so men only need one bad X to be colorblind, whereas women need two.