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TIL that Kim Jong-il had a plan to breed giant rabbits to feed the poor. He bought 12. When his supplier asked if he wanted help breeding them, an official notified him that Kim had eaten them for his birthday.

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OGM7 TIL that when Donald Sutherland was cast in Animal House, he was offered either a 40k upfront payment, or a percentage of the film. Thinking that the film wouldn’t be a success, he took the 40k. Had he taken even just 1% of the film’s revenue, he would have made $1,416,000.
NB7e TIL On his deathbed, unable to speak, Aldous Huxley made a written request to his wife Laura for an injection of LSD
E1Opd TIL that 'Killing Season' (or 'July Effect' in USA) is a period of increased medical complications due to graduate doctors beginning residency.
RRQ1 TIL the United States and New Zealand are the only countries that allow direct-to-consumer advertisement of pharmaceuticals
yQLrp TIL that The Hunt for Red October (1990), Patriot Games (1992), and The Sum of All Fears (2002) are all apart of the same film series, the most recent of which was Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) starring Chris Pine.