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TIL Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary was convinced by QT to forfeit his cowriting credit and accept a “story by” credit, so the line “Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino” could be used instead

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oWR8 TIL Sweden has the largest scale model of the solar system in the world. It is in the scale of 1:20 million and streches 950 km across the country.
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