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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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e0Y86 TIL the Pledge of Allegiance was created as part of a marketing campaign to sells flags to public schools.
b6m5Q TIL North Carolina gave $20 million in taxpayer dollars to clean up dead farm animals after Hurricane Florence, then also reimbursed farmers for the animals
ggLy TIL that Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, of TLC, was in a car accident that killed a young boy, Bayron Lopez. She mourned the boy and felt that death “made a mistake” due to their similar last names and it was her that was supposed to die. Two weeks later she died in another car accident.
wox7E TIL Rather than bathing with soap and water, Benjamin Franklin preferred “air baths” - sitting naked in front of an open window for up to an hour.
omno TIL While filming The Breakfast Club, Judd Nelson (Bender) would stay in character off camera, and would torment the other cast members, particularly Claire.