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TIL that Quentin Tarantino used to watch – in theaters – an average of 200 movies a year.

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8mV TIL that there was a sequel to the wizard of oz that was about dorothy going into a mental hospital because nobody believed her adventure.
ownL TIL India’s Dabbawalas deliver 200,000 meals a day, making one mistake in every 6,000,000 deliveries. FedEx and Harvard are studying their methods.
WkX6d TIL that in 1998 Sony had the chance to buy the rights to almost every Marvel character for 25 million. They opted to only buy the rights to Spider-Man for just 7 million, stating, "Nobody gives a shit about the other Marvel characters."
eQpb TIL of the Baining people of Papua New Guinea, who are known as the dullest culture on Earth. They abhor the concept of play, have no stories or myths and almost no art. Their lives are exceedingly dull and mundane and centered around work.
VMBlD TIL that during the late 80s and early 90s the concept of superpredators supported laws that put thousands of underaged offenders in life in prison. They're being released as research and experience shows that recidivism is rare and they can be rehabilitated.