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TIL that Oliver Stone named the protagonist of Scarface (1983) after his favorite football player - Joe Montana

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Me180 TIL that Aitzan Hasan, a Pakistani schoolboy died while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school on 6 January 2014, single-handedly saving 2000 students.
OoWAL TIL that the Netherlands is ranked #2 in the entire world in terms of total food exports.
njRd TIL Less than 18% of fathers receive custody of their child after a divorce.
GAyKJ TIL: That the Beijing Weather Modification Office were enlisted by the Chinese government to ensure that the 2008 Summer Olympics were free of rain, by breaking up clouds headed towards the capital and forcing them to drop rain on outlying areas instead.
ymKl TIL of “Do It For Denmark”, a campaign whereby a Danish couple which conceives on holiday is given 3 years of baby supplies. As a result, births have increased by 14%.