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

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OG7W6 TIL that George Metesky (aka the Mad Bomber) terrorized NYC over a 16 year span by planting a total of 33 explosives throughout the city, many in buildings like Penn Station, Grand Central & Radio City. He was caught in 1957 after responding to a newspaper that demanded he turn himself in.
J18J1 TIL almost all Mayo brands (even Duke's) have Soybean Oil as the number one ingredient
mVNv TIL José Mujica, considered to be “the world’s ‘poorest’ president,” donates around 90 percent of his monthly salary, approximately $12,000, to charity.
j65Dv TIL that the Alnarp Library in Sweden has a 217-volume collection of wooden books called The Tree Library. Each book describes a specific tree—its binding is bark, moss, and lichens found on that species and the book interiors hold more natural surprises.
6erm TIL that doctors’ green scrubs help them see better in the operating room. Since green is on the opposite side of the colour spectrum it can refresh a doctor’s vision of red things. It also prevents distraction from ‘green ghosts’, an after effect illusion from focusing on red colours.