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TIL That John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.

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epwO5 TIL that all Shiba Inu alive today are descended from one single Shiba, "Ishi," born in 1930.
x6b05 TIL: PBS reported on a study which details which part of a human body you should eat first that provides the most nutritional value using 4 dead bodies. Ignore kidneys, pancreas, and teeth and aim for the butt muscles, thighs, and skin. The researcher found it difficult to eat bacon afterwards.
1XLD TIL The largest bank heist in history occurred in March 2003, when Saddam Hussein’s son Qusay walked in to the Central Bank of Iraq with a handwritten note from his father authorizing the withdrawal of $920 million.
0Gdy TIL that a major cause of human rabies deaths in India is faith healing as people believe that they’ve been impregnated by puppies after being bitten by a dog and consult a healer instead of a doctor before it’s too late. This mass hysteria is called Puppy pregnancy syndrome.
yVPrM TIL the U.S. Pizza Team competes in four skills: largest dough stretch, fastest pizza maker, freestyle acrobatics, and fastest box folding.