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TIL John Hughes wrote the script for film The Breakfast Club (1985) in just two days.

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kJ0j5 TIL One Piece Creator Donated US$8 Million for Kumamoto Earthquake Relief, ¥500million in Luffy’s Name
OGjpY TIL Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics and nanoplastics when in use. For the first time, the study demonstrates how these particles can enter the bloodstream and travel throughout the body after being absorbed by human intestinal cells
LMKQ TIL that the name of the ‘Kamehameha’ move from Dragonball has a double meaning: it was the name of the first king of Hawaii, and also means 'Turtle Destruction Wave’ in Japanese.
v1oQL TIL about the Australian phatic finger. This is a norm whereby drivers on outback highways (where you can go long periods without seeing another vehicle) will raise their index finger as a friendly gesture of mutual aknowledgement.
neEK9 TIL the reason why the majority of police uniforms in the U.S. are blue is a result of the civil war. After the war had ended, there was a surplus of blue uniforms which got repurposed for police officers. The color became associated with policing.