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TIL the word ‘bender’ is british slang for 'gay’ and 'The Last Airbender’ became an unintentional comedy when screened in the UK

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0dpBL TIL the studio behind the movie Se7en proposed a sequel called "Ei8ht" where a suddenly psychic Morgan Freeman chases an also psychic serial killer. The idea was dropped after director David Fincher replied, "I would be less interested in that than I would in having cigarettes put out in my eyes."
POEG TIL In the 1940’s, russian experimenters were able to resurrect dogs from death AND brought a decapitated dog’s head to conciousness
LQMQ TIL that 2 dogs were executed for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials
6oll TIL “the world has more than 50,000 edible plants, yet just three commodity crops—rice, maize, and wheat—provide 60 percent of the plant-derived calories we eat”
kldW TIL that the largest known star is 4,982,686,912 times bigger than the sun, and is only 9,500 light-years away.