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TIL F. Scott Fitzgerald's full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. He was named after his distant relative Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner."

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K91E TIL the 1998 war film “The Thin Red Line” was cut from an initial five hours to three and a half after over a year of editing. Performances by Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Sheen, Gary Oldman and other notable actors were cut entirely, while others like George Clooney’s were reduced to cameos.
78py7 TIL in 1985, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) likely helped to facilitate the prison escape of eventual Liberian leader and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor.
dD4E8 TIL the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE was so hot it turned one victim’s brain into glass
6KMm TIL baptizing people with beer had to be specifically condemned by the pope in the 13th c., as a place in Norway with a water shortage (but not a beer shortage) was using beer for the sacrament. All beer baptisms were declared invalid, and those who received them had to be baptized again with water.
9YpMm TIL The number of girls in India who drop out of school due to menstruation is 1 in 5 (20%).