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TIL that the author of The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling, is the same person that wrote the poem "Boots" used in the trailer for 28 Years Later.

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7rQbP TIL that after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, they massacred the Jew and Muslim population, including women and children. The massacre was so large, that the Crusaders were supposedly wading in blood up to their ankles.
lopd7 TIL In 1984 Marvel obtained the trademarks to "Hulk Hogan", "Hulkster", and "Hulkamania" for 20 years that required Hulk Hogan to pay royalties on merchandises and any matches he appeared in.
5YpMk TIL Mature Douglas Fir trees can send sugar to saplings via miles of underground, gossamer-thin mycorrhizal fungi. Birches can loan carbon to fir trees in the summer, while firs pay it back in fall. Trees of different species can share nitrogen leached from salmon leftovers from a bear's lunch.
gDGA TIL that, largely due to Oliver Stone’s JFK, all existing assassination-related documents will become publicly available by next year.
5Yx9D TIL a 2013 American Airlines flight was forced to make an unexpected landing when a female passenger refused to stop singing Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You