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TIL Robert Rodriguez's 2010 exploitation film Machete is a spin off of his kids' film series Spy Kids. Isador Cortez (AKA Machete, played by Danny Trejo) appears in both films

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renW TIL that “forlorn hope” (the name of the first wave of attacking soldiers in battle, who take the most casualties) is actually a clumsy mistranslation of the Dutch phrase “verloren hoop,” meaning “lost troop.”
dxeB TIL Henry Ford built a rubber factory and town in the Amazon in the 20’s to supply rubber for tires. Ultimately, he failed and abandoned the idea. The ruins remain there today.
xld0 TIL 90% of Americans live within 15 minutes of a Wal-Mart
PYdyg TIL Most people are only six to ten connections away from being able to contact anyone else in the world. The theory is known as "Six degrees of separation" and was created in 1929, but still holds true even after the world population grew by almost six billion.
oRAjK TIL Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it in Deadpool. The estate agreed for a donation in that amount to a charity of their choosing. Ryan paid it himself because he felt you couldn’t have Deadpool without Bea Arthur.