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TIL: John Lovitz has had a long running feud with Andy Dick over Phil Hartmans death

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6EddW TIL about an outbreak of mass hysteria in Belgium in 1999; hundreds reported cramping, nausea and headaches allegedly from drinking Coca-Cola products. Coca-Cola recalled 30 million products, claiming it had identified the cause of the epidemic. Toxicology experts found no evidence of contamination.
NE98 TIL author Tess Gerritsen wrote a book called Gravity in 1999 about a woman scientist on the ISS who has to escape after satellite debris destroys the station. She sold the rights to New Line in 2000, who attached Alfonso Cuaron to direct. Cuaron has since claimed he came up with the story.
1a4MD TIL during World War 2, Hawaii’s Japanese population—about 158,000, more than one third of the territory’s total population—did not face mass removal and imprisonment similar to what happened on the mainland.
epEbk Today I learned chicken pox doesn’t come from chickens.
94YD TIL Spain’s Paralympic basketball team were ordered to return their gold medals won in Sydney in 2000 after nearly all of their players were found to have no disability.