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TIL: Chandrayaan 3 - India's Upcoming Lunar Mission, Advancing the Frontiers of Space Exploration

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nWW9o TIL of Makibefo, a 1999 film adaptation of Macbeth directed by British director Alexander Abela, was filmed in Madagascar with just 1 technical assistant, had a cast consisted of all Antandroy people, an indigenous people of Madagascar, most of whom had never seen a movie and improvised everything.
kZ7B TIL that during the 70s-80s the crime was so high in New York City that they had volunteer crime-prevention patrollers like Guardian Angels
OGA4g TIL the first scanned UPC was a pack of Juicy Fruit gum on June 26th, 1974.
5wjr TIL that Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” is about the negative effects of the Vietam War on Americans, but is often misunderstood to be a patriotic or nationalistic anthem
QJvle TIL that bats are a symbol of good fortune in China.