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TIL Sting's wife Trudie Styler filmed a 90-minute documentary about the making of "The Emperor's New Groove" and its transformation from drama to comedy by executive fiat. Disney has never officially released the documentary, but it can be found on YouTube

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grneD TIL Gorda Ramsay Is Not Just Nice To Children, But Also Kind To His Staff And Contestants, Striving To Make It A Learning Experience
OGGBL TIL the lives of children were so valued in England that two days prior to declaring war against Nazi Germany an operation to evacuate 800,000 children began moving kids to safety in the country for fear of aerial bombardment.
4AmJ TIL that Olivia Hussey who played Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” wasn’t allowed to go to the premiere of the film because she was under the age of 18 and there was a nude scene - even though she was the one who was nude.
gMkLb TIL that Nazis flooded archaeological site of Biskupin, a late Bronze Age fortified settlement and instrumental part of Polish historical consciousness, in hopes to destroy it. Ironically it led to very good preservation of the ancient timbers.
O6Aa TIL The Election Commission of India stipulates that no person should have to travel more than 2 kms to cast a vote. So in the state of Gujarat, a temple caretaker who lives in an ancient deserted temple gets his own special voting booth, with just one voter.