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TIL the idea for Spider-man villain Venom was purchased by Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter from Marvel comics reader Randy Schueller for $220.

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LkprV TIL Nurkhon Yuldashkojayeva was one of first 23 Uzbek dancers to perform unveiled on stage in 1923. In 2 months, aged 16, she was killed by her brother in honor-killing. The statue was built in 1967 to symbolize women's freedom but destroyed after Uzbekistan's independence in 1991 as being immoral.
a86pJ TIL The popularity of the book Rascal (1963) and subsequent anime entitled Araiguma Rasukaru was inordinately responsible for the accidental introduction of the raccoon into Japan.
ONx7 TIL In 1961, a little girl wrote a letter to JFK asking if Santa Claus was okay during the Soviet’s nuclear testing at the North Pole. Kennedy wrote back to her saying that he spoke with Santa and that he’s okay.
nW8pB TIL Chinese company Tencent shut down Korean video game PUBG and replaced it with “Game for Peace” in which defeated players wave goodbye and disappear instead of lying down and dying
4XmlJ TIL: Villains in movies are not allowed to use Apple products. You can predict who the villain is in a movie by whether they use or don't use an iPhone/Mac.