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TIL the movie poster for Django Unchained was designed by a fan and purchased by the studio at Tarantino’s request.

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VWmB TIL the word vaccine comes from the Latin root “vacca,” meaning cow. This is due to the discovery that smallpox could be prevented by inoculating patients with the much less severe cowpox virus.
m1ZBM TIL Richard Garriott, creator of Ultima, has made two scifi movies: one filmed aboard the ISS, another at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. He also left geocaches at both places.
YZ5W TIL you can calculate the radius of the Earth using just a stopwatch.
wZp1 TIL that originally, Monopoly was invented in 1903 to expose the unfairness of a social system where a small minority screw the majority of tenants.
gMeOX TIL Mel Gibson was not born in Australia. He was born in Peekskill, New York, an hour north of Manhattan. His family moved to Australia when he was 12.