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TIL Typist Linda Chen worked without pay in the Pulp Fiction screenplay, on the condition that Tarantino would rabbit-sit Honey Bunny, her pet, when she went on location. He refused, and the rabbit later died; Tarantino named the character in Pulp Fiction played by Amanda Plummer in homage to it.

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78rPM TIL romance scams in the U.S. accounted for $304 million in reported losses by victims in 2020, quadruple what it was four years earlier. The average romance scam victim in Florida forked over $36,000 to their scammer, who they believed they were in love with after meeting them on a dating app.
N71RJ TIL Hasbro, the US kids toy company, once owned Death Row Records, the infamous gangster rap record label
7rN6L TIL from 986 CE, Muslim Turks started raiding northwest India from Afghanistan, plundering western India. Forced conversions to Islam were made, and Buddhist images were smashed due to the Islamic dislike of idolatry. Hence, the Islamic term for an 'idol' became 'budd'.
y7vw TIL that actor Zachary Quinto who plays Spock in the new Star Trek went on a spiritual retreat to Peru to take ayahuasca with a shaman. He considers ayahuasca a medicine and not a drug.
KOn7a TIL that in the UK, sprinkles are called hundreds and thousands