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TIL Quentin Tarantino refuses to share his wealth with his mother because she mocked his writing aspirations growing up.

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oBVQK TIL that giraffes sleep using their own butts as pillows
WkVnL TIL the word mile originates from the measurement of one thousand paces of a Roman soldier (mille passus)
wPV6 TIL the company that makes coral snake antivenom in the USA decided it was unprofitable and stopped producing it in 2003. The USA’s stock of coral snake antivenom expired in 2008 but the FDA has extended the date ever since to keep what is left available to the public.
6VZm TIL that bronze is generally harder than iron. The Bronze Age didn’t give way to the Iron Age because iron weaponry was superior; rather, iron was more plentiful and easier to work with.
9Ym9B TIL that September 4th 1909, saw the first Boys Scout rally in Crystal Palace, South London. The gathering was organized by Baden-Powell & saw 11,000 boys in attendance. Amongst the thousands in attendance, a handful of girls crashed the event. Dressed in uniform, they called themselves Girl Scouts.