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TIL that Quentin Tarantino dropped out of High School when he was 15 and got a job at an adult movie theater called The Pussycat Theater

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8aPyX TIL In 1957, a terminal cancer patient was given a worthless drug that caused his tumors to “melt like snowballs on a hot stove.” When he found out it was proven worthless, his cancer returned. He was given a placebo version and it went away again. Got truth again and died.
pYd7N TIL that according to the SSA, there are a few people who were named Meth at birth in the United States. In 2017 that was the 11,692 most chosen baby boy name and 21,037 most chosen baby girl name.
R5dYw TIL of the Toyota War, named like that, because of the Toyota pick up trucks used for transport and mobility
9wLyp TIL that William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, served five English kings, was once held hostage as a child, and later became regent for a young King Henry III. He was also a legendary knight who won over 500 tournaments and joined the Knights Templar on his deathbed.
XEMR8 TIL that during WWII, the Soviets executed 158,000 soldiers for desertion. Each Soviet army had “blocking detachments” (barrier troops) which would shoot “cowards” and fleeing panicked troops at the rear.