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TIL that the parents of the Columbine shooters were sued by some of the victims’ families for 2.5 million dollars and that this cost was covered by their Homeowners Insurance.

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1ge7 TIL that in the movie ‘The Grey’, during the filming of an emotional scene in which Liam Neeson’s character pens a letter to his faraway wife, director Joe Carnahan urged Neeson to write the letter to his deceased wife, actress Natasha Richardson.
b9DLj TIL instant coffee pods are ruining the environment because they’re not recyclable. And it’s all due to the company themselves.
9Kr6 TIL that since the 12th century, Judaism believes that if the truths derived through science or philosophy contradict religious beliefs, the religious beliefs are incorrect.
W7Y7A TIL in 1858 a brawl in Congress that had erupted over slavery ended in laughter when a representative put their wig on backwards
x6JWD TIL that Jesse Owens stayed at the same hotel as his white compatriots during the 1936 Olympics held under the Nazi regime, something he could not have done at the time at his native US