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TIL a high school teacher made a tumblr about stupid things high schoolers write in essays

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A7XB TIL a 2005 FX docudrama (“Oil Storm”) portended a major hurricane hitting New Orleans causing citizens to take refugee in the Superdome and a resulting national increase in gas price… A scant three months before Katrina.
P1kDg TIL of the phenomenon known as "Twin Films," in which two movie studios simultaneously release the same type of movie.
1PPX TIL that the current Donkey Kong character is not the same as the villain that appeared in the 1980’s arcade games. The original DK is the character now known as Cranky Kong.
G405 TIL in 1974 the U.S. National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals advised, “no new [prisons] should be built and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed…There is overwhelming evidence that [prisons] create crime rather than prevent it.”
Z88ZG TIL that Eminem has caused several rappers to rewrite their verses on their own tracks in fear of Eminem 'stealing the show' on their songs.