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TIL that in 2008 a man dressed up as Santa and used a homemade flamethrower and several guns to terrorize his ex-wife’s family as revenge for their divorce

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xVBr7 TIL: That China controls a huge share in the American media, movies, Theaters. They own 13% of American movie screens. This gives them control on what is released, and as well as a voice in the production of movies. They are also heavily invested in Sony Pictures.
V6JD TIL a man once known as Sweden’s Hannibal Lecter was released from prison after authorities learned he was a manipulative liar and never actually killed, raped, or cannibalized anyone.
p578 TIL Morgan Freeman is a casual marijuana smoker, and has been quoted saying “never give up the ganja”.
WkApo TIL that the hair straightener brand “ghd” stands for good hair day. ????
698A7 TIL the notion that separate New York City borough accents exist is false. Linguists are in agreement that there is no empirical evidence of systematic differences in NYC English across NYC’s five boroughs. There is no purely geographical variation in speech patterns that occur within NYC.