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TIL that Danny Devito was an executive producer for Pulp Fiction

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eQd6 TIL people worry about kids eating lead paint chips, not because kids are stupid and will eat anything, but because lead is sweet like candy.
OGXYg TIL a nationwide survey conducted by the CDC (and using data collected from 1999-2002) found that 29% of American men and 9% of women reported to have had at least 15 sexual partners in their lifetime.
7817b TIL about the London Beer Flood of 1814 that killed 8 people by a wall of porter released from a brewery tank failure.
E7oV TIL the word ‘Matrix’ is Latin for 'womb’
JYNn8 TIL that women in the Dani tribe in Indonesia amputate a part of their fingers to grieve a loved one's death. It’s believed finger cutting keeps the deceased person’s restless spirit away, as well as symbolising the pain of bereavement.