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TIL despite being marketed as the main character, Drew Barrymore was killed off in the first scene of scream

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4Oab TIL that in 2004, a 19m tall sculpture of Jesus, named “King of Kings”, was erected in Ohio. It was the 7th tallest statue in the United States at the time. In 2010, it was struck by lightning and was destroyed by the subsequent fire.
4dZN TIL In 2005, Kate Winslet joked that acting in a Holocaust movie guarantees an Oscar. Four years later, she won her first and only Oscar for her role in The Reader.
WQQ9 TIL there’s a debt collection agency that helps you get a job, fixes your heating, and helps you pay your debt in a non-tyrannical way. “The number one problem we hear from customers is that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills.”
XpZE TIL that there is a species of fungus from the Amazon that feeds on plastic. It can live on plastic alone, and can do so without oxygen, potentially leading to new techniques for bioremediation.