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TIL The original Back To The Future script was rejected over 40 times by major studios before being picked up

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Z8XpQ TIL cigarette butts can severely stunt the growth of plants by making the soil toxic
XyAE TIL During WWII, L Ron Hubbard once led a 68 hour battle against two Japanese submarines which he claimed “definitely sunk, beyond doubt”. An analysis later concluded that there were never any submarines in the area.
b1LQ TIL Japan’s justice system largely depends on confessions for convictions. Combined with the expectations (high conviction rate) and that a prosecutor’s career is often over with a non-guilty verdict, methods are often used to get false confessions out of the accused.
ONVa TIL The United States attempted to buy Greenland in 1946 for $100,000,000 ($1.3 billion today).
ep67g TIL that the initial version of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified 747, had a crew escape tunnel extending from the top deck to the bottom of the aircraft. It was removed because of worries about escaping crew being ingested by the aircraft’s engines.