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TIL The Scooby Doo Movie (2002) was originally meant to be PG-13 and have a much darker tone and have a heavy emphasis on marijuana jokes. After receiving bad feedback, they cut it into the family friendly movie it became. In 2017 it was revealed that an R-rated cut exists of the movie.

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XELLD TIL about Judge JoAnn Friia who sentenced shady landlord Florence Nyemitei to live in her own building after she forced her tenants to live without heat, hot water, and electricity. The judge was inspired by the 1991 movie "The Super" starring Joe Pesci who is sentenced to live in his own building.
44Xw TIL that a police force can reject an applicant if his IQ score is too high
xyeB TIL of the boomslang snake in Africa. It’s venom can cause the victim to bleed to death from every orifice.
bAZN TIL : In the 1821 Greek War of Independence, the Ottoman Turks ran out of bullets and started to strip the columns of the Parthenon for lead. When the Greeks got wind of this, they gathered up their bullets and sent them to the Turks to use against themselves to protect their ancient heritage.
dD8Qr TIL during racial segregation in the 1940’s, Elvis Presley grew up in what was a majority black community in Tupelo, Mississippi. He regularly attended black gospel church revivals & visited “Shake Rag” a local cultural hub for black folks, where he was first exposed to rhythm & blues music.