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TIL the 1979 film Caligula, known for its explicit content, is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine Penthouse, hiring Penthouse Pets as extras in unsimulated sex scenes. A critical failure upon release, it is one of the few films critic Roger Ebert walked out of.

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xpL0 TIL that a few years ago, Bahrain’s oppressed and overcrowded Shiite majority began using Google Earth to view palaces and other estates that make up 95% of the country. As these images churned up discontent, the government blocked Google Earth.
VBWWB TIL in the book 'Stuart Little', Stuart was born from his human mother as a mouse, rather than adopted, as the movie adaptation depicted.
99NX TIL of the “suicide palm” recently discovered in Madagascar that flowers itself to death. The plant grows for decades before exploding with nectar-rich blossoms that deplete the plant’s nutrients and cause it to die
9GWQ TIL the United States Environmental Protection Agency has a ‘Most Wanted’ list. Each person on the list is wanted by the EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division. Included is a CEO of a mining company wanted for dumping arsenic and lead on public lands, currently believed to be hiding in Vancouver.
epKyg TIL that, in the 1930's, the only commercial airport serving New York City was in New Jersey. To protest this, NYC Mayor LaGuardia once refused to deplane in NJ because his ticket said "New York City," so they flew him to NYC.