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TIL When invented in 1840s, some people criticized anesthesia as a “needless luxury”

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XEJe8 TIL Martin Scorsese is now finishing a movie starring Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa, also with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. Digital effects were used to make them all look young. The film is currently $50 million over budget.
dY4Z TIL that Apu Nahasapeemapetilon’s children’s names are Lincoln, Freedom, Condoleezza, Coke, Pepsi, Manifest Destiny, Apple Pie, and Superman.
5YNKQ TIL Victor Hugo had a political career where, among other things, he advocated for universal suffrage and free education for all children.
R5r7a TIL Willow Creek, California is known as " Bigfoot Capital of the World" and has a Bigfoot Museum housing 30 plaster cast footprints, including one measuring 16 inches. It is close to Bluff Creek, where the famous Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot footage was filmed
6EwwY Today I learned that the final words of King George VI were “God Damn You”, said to the nurse who had administered him a sedative.