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TIL The movie script for “Thirteen” was written in six days and was originally intended to be a comedy.

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b6XE4 Today I learned rich and notable people have a “social registry” (yellow pages for the rich )
W7Nx8 TIL in the Rocky Horror Picture Show theme "Science Fiction/Double Feature" there are 8 actors/actresses mentioned by name. However, the only one still living is Janette Scott, who turns 85 next month
yQ4Ql TIL that when you eat fruit with its inherent fiber (aka eating the whole fruit) up to 30% of the sugar will be eaten by the microbes in your gut before it can be absorbed.
Brwpe TIL about Cassandra, a Greek mythological figure who was given the gift of foresight, but was cursed so that no one would ever believe her predictions.
WWKY TIL that the head baker on the Titanic got drunk while the ship was sinking, was the last one on the ship as he “rode it down like an elevator” into the water, and was able to tread water for 2 hours hardly feeling the cold thanks to the alcohol he imbibed which allowed him to survive.