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TIL the film Minority Report started out as a sequel to Total Recall

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xmp0 TIL a Nigerian advance-fee email scheme exists depicting a Nigerian astronaut stuck on a secret soviet space station, require $3 Million to get home. The email has been circulating for more than a decade.
Ky89 TIL: John Delorean (designer of the Delorean DMC-12 “back to the future” car) was arrested for conspiracy to traffic narcotics, after being set up by FBI. Delorean was saved from prison after publisher Larry Flynt obtained and released tapes and documents that proved his innocence.
Oo0d1 TIL Target had to apologize after a labeling error resulted in plus-sized customers feeling insulted. Target was selling two dresses of the same color but at different sizes. The small was listed as "Gray" while the larger's color was listed as "Manatee Gray". Target pulled the dresses.
1aAy8 TIL of Caligula, an emperor of the Roman Empire. His short 4 year long reign consisted of him trying to make his horse a consul, calling himself a god, committing incest, and declaring war on the sea, having his men collect shells from the English Channel and return to Rome to celebrate victory.
oYdR TIL that in Thailand, people commonly greet each other with “Have you eaten yet?” in addition to the usual “How are you?”