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TIL that the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006) is not a remake of Casino Royale (1967) because the 1967 film is a satirical parody of Bond-esque spy films and is not part of the 25-film canon produced by Eon. It has six directors, flying saucers, and Bond has a kid with Mata Hari.

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N8Db TIL that the Type A/B Personality Theory was actually invented by the cigarette industry in the 1950’s to prove coronary heart disease and cancer were risks related to high-stress personality types instead of tobacco use.
WlD4 TIL of Gobekli Tepe. An ancient temple more sophisticated then stone henge which predates it by 6000 years. Making Stone Henge closer to us in years than the creaters of Gobekli Tepe were to Stone Henge.
XERrk TIL that from 2006 to 2020, 5,605 American service members were killed in training accidents. This represents 32% of all reported active-duty military deaths for that time period and is double the percentage of troops killed in action.
x46w TIL FEDEX was charged with distribution of controlled substances and conspiracy to distribute misbranded drugs when the DEA told it to stop a list of drug dealers, but refused to give the list when FEDEX tried to comply. FEDEX pleaded not guilty, since they had no way to tell who was on the list.
w9Qo TIL in 2004, doctors treating a virginal Japanese woman discovered an ovarian tumor that had grown into the form of a doll and had a brain, eye, spinal nerve, ear, teeth, thyroid gland, bone, bone marrow, gut, trachea, and blood vessels.