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TIL that de Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City was actually inspired from a scene from James Bond's 'Spectre' movie in 2015

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Oopw7 Today I learned that Jeffrey Jones (the Principal in Ferris Bueller) is an actor/convicted sex offender
8G7b TIL over 6,000 Americans go to the emergency room for injuries opening plastic packaging
k5G1 TIL the trailer for the 1992 film Patriot Games has a tagline “There’s never been a terrorist attack on American soil”, however the producers decided to leave it out of the final film as it sounded too much like an invitation or dare.
WL0X TIL that Paul McCartney introduced Michael Jackson to the benefits of song ownership (publishing rights) as an investment. In 1984 Jackson outbid McCartney and bought the publishing rights to ATV’s 4,000 song catalog which included nearly every Beatles song ever recorded.
1ayXr TIL that there was a mysterious disease that existed in Guam. It was the leading cause of adult death between 1945 & 1956. Fruit bats were part of the local diet at the time & became extinct as a result of over hunting. A decline in fruit bat consumption led to a decline in incidence of the disease