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TiL Reuters found 3,810 U.S. areas with lead poisoning double Flint’s

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BrKr TIL Russell Crowe was unhappy with the screenplay of Gladiator. The famous line “In this life or the next, I will have my vengeance” he initially refused to say, telling writer ”Your lines are garbage but I’m the greatest actor in the world and I can make even garbage sound good”.
VRJD TIL A musical comedy called West Bank Story was made about rivalries fueled by falafel. A couple’s love is tested by a 60 year old conflict, and their families’ desires to determine the future of the chickpea in the Middle East.
rA8d TIL Americans have the highest rate of illegal drug consumption in the world, and the government has spent an estimated $1 Trillion over 40 years waging the war on drugs.
wLn97 TIL the father of Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes was a Vice President at Enron
m8mE TIL some game companies made the game harder if it was pirated rather than implementing DRM