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TIL that Steven Spielbergs minority report was originally a sequel to Paul Verhoeven 1990s total recall

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jOXa TIL Kentucky counties that banned alcohol now have twice as much meth use
EgkK7 TIL that renaissance painter El Greco made an offer to the Pope to repaint the Sistine Chapel over Michelangelo's "Last Judgement"
P1JrZ TIL about Humus Sapien, created by Michael Barreiro that won a contest to have a fan-submitted character become a Marvel character in FOOM, the official Marvel fanzine, in 1973, and was eventually officially published in a Marvel comic-in 2001.
M6aK TIL that due to decades of fire prevention leading to an increase in fuel for forest fires, Smokey Bear has actually helped make forest fires more dangerous than otherwise
D1E0Y TIL of William A. Jackson, a former slave who had served Jefferson Davis. He routinely observed communications between Davis and other Confederate officials. When he fled north in 1861, he gave the Union detailed information about Confederate military deployments, supply issues, and planning.