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TIL that actor Kiefer Sutherland threatened to not reprise the role of Doc Scurlock in the movie Young Guns 2 unless he was given a dramatic death scene in the movie, which was reluctantly granted. The historical Doc Scurlock actually died peacefully at the age of 80.

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bXr4 TIL in 1960, Singapore’s birth rate was 5.4, so the government introduced a policy to stop parents from having more than 2 kids. The fertility rate dropped to 1.44, below replacement rates so the government reversed its policy. The fertility rate has never restored back to replacement levels since
rj41 TIL Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in the Force Awakens was the same age as Alec Guinness was playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars
o4Er TIL the condoms supplied by The World Health Care Organization (WHO) to India are too big for over 60 percent of indian penises, making condom malfunctions occur 20% of the time.
YMw7 TIL Venus has Snow-Capped Mountains, but the “Snow” is Made of Metal
W7YXY TIL that the doctor who helped deliver Dolly Parton was paid, by her father, with a bag of cornmeal