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TIL the grisly scene in Pulp Fiction where Travolta jams a needle into Uma Thurman's chest to try to revive her from her overdose was actually filmed backwards.

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Rmj TIL Superman gave Batman a Kryptonite ring, in case he ever went rogue or otherwise needed to be stopped
DJKg TIL that Albert Einstein and his wife Mileva Maric had a daughter in 1902, one year before they were married. The existence of “Lieserl” was concealed and only discovered in 1986. Einstein is believed to have never met her, what happened to her is a mystery.
lo0YV TIL London once boasted a 7.5 acre human poop dump called Mount Pleasant
gr8pW TIL about the Sulfanilamide Elixir Tragedy: In 1937, a pharmaceutical company in the US marketed a new antibiotic, sulfanilamide, in a sweet-tasting liquid form. The elixir contained a toxic chemical solvent, diethylene glycol, which caused the deaths of over 100 people, many of whom were children.
M7NgA TIL that John Hinckley Jr., former attempted assassin of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, has since been released from prison, turned his life around, recovered from his mental illness, announced his own record label, and released his own music to the public.