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TIL that Philip K. Dick never saw the completed version of “Blade Runner” and Ridley Scott never finished reading “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”

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J1XDm TIL that in the '70s and early '80s, women in Syrian Defense Companies' special forces were forced to bite the heads off live snakes during training, while children in paramilitary programs were trained to stab live puppies to death.
rR67d TIL that Jalapeño peppers and Chipotle peppers are the same pepper - Chipotle peppers are Jalapeños that have been aged to maturity, dried, and smoked.
ne5Vd A growing number of cities around the world are temporarily reallocating road space from cars to people on foot and on cycles to keep key workers moving and residents in coronavirus lockdown healthy and active while socially distancing.
kJW67 TIL Despite only playing in 112 games and having only 74 at-bats in his career, Terrance Gore has won three(3) World Series.
B9JW TIL of the Forty Elephants, or Forty Thieves; an all-female shoplifting ring that operated in London from the 1870s to the 1950s.