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TIL after the original script for ‘The Hateful Eight’ was leaked in a hack and distributed online, Tarantino vowed to never make another film. However, the cast, namely Samuel L. Jackson, were so impressed by the script during a live reading, that Tarantino was convinced to go ahead and make it.

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YpdVP TIL that loneliness and social isolation are as damaging as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and can lead to a a 29% increase in risk of coronary heart disease and a 32% increase in risk of a stroke.
DQNvr TIL Ubisoft released a series of games for the Nintendo DS and Wii called "My Coach", meant to "developing projects that make people feel that playing games is worth their while, learn a new skill or improve their daily lives", according to the series producer Pauline Jacquey.
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Oogpe TIL 'Turritopsis dohrnii', the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish that lives forever. They never die of old age but transform themselves back into their juvenile state. It is the only known species that has figured out how to defeat death.