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TIL Disney's "Enchanted" film was originally written as a R-rated comedy princess movie with borrowed elements from "American Pie" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" that focused heavily on sex and profanity

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5D0D TIL the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices that made KFC famous is sold by Marion-Kay Spices under the name “99-X”.
E1Ayd TIL that copyright didn’t exist in 15th century which led to an increase in copied plays. To counter this, actors got their lines only once the play was in progress – often in the form of cue acting when someone backstage whispered it to them.
W7VdY TIL you shouldn’t eat more than 5 Brazil nuts in a day. They contain selenium, which can cause gastrointestinal problems, brittle hair and nails, joint pain, and tiredness. In large amounts, it can cause kidney failure, heart failure, and heart attacks.
EgnVx TIL in 1944 a group of German prisoners escaped a POW camp near Phoenix, Arizona by crawling through a 178ft (54m) tunnel. They planned to raft down a river to freedom, but got caught when it turned out to be a dry riverbed.
OjXe TIL in 1999, Daylight Savings Time thwarted a terrorist bombing in Israel. The West Bank had changed clocks while Israel hadn’t. The terrorists had set timers on bombs which detonated an hour early, killing three terrorists.