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TIL Danny DeVito produced Pulp Fiction

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laoV TIL The two forward slashes in website URLs are useless, and Tim Berners-Lee has apologized for it’s design.
gMa19 TIL the least-visited national park in the U.S. is the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska, which lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle and has "no established roads, trails, visitor facilities, or campgrounds."
P1JGw TIL that the 2020 Beirut explosion left approximately 300,000 people homeless.
0dyjN TIL that Antoine-Augustin Parmentier popularised potatoes in France by hosting dinners for influencers, getting royal endorsements, and planting guarded fields near Paris. At night, guards left so people would steal them, making potatoes seem valuable. This led to their widespread acceptance.
oGnE TIL Volkswagen had a promotion where every car came with a limited edition electric guitar that could plug into the car as an amp