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TIL that people seeing the movie version of “Clue” in theaters didn’t know which of the three endings they were going to see when they went into the movie. Eventually, theaters began advertising which ending the movie would have so people could see the endings they hadn’t already seen.

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7wAr TIL the descendants of black slaves owned by the Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma are still battling with the tribal leadership in a fight to be recognized as full and legitimate members of the tribe, after about 25,000 were disenfranchised in the early 1980s.
xVWB0 TIL the shape of the penis may have evolved to help men remove the semen of love rivals during sex.
rRxxM TIL the reporter who exposed ties between the CIA and the crack epidemic in California was found dead, with two shots to his head. It was ruled a suicide
mxgav TIL freshly cut grass smells the way it does because it’s a shriek of dispair
OK6Y TIL in 1954 while riding a rocket sled John Stapp voluntarily submitted himself to 46.2 g and survived