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TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show has had the longest-running theatrical release in film history (Since 1975)

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womvE TIL languages that originate in humid environments are more likely to have a wide range of tones because human vocal folds become more elastic in humid environments
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e0nYb TIL doves were traditionally released during the opening ceremony of the Olympics games, until Seoul 1988. Several of the birds, instead of flying away, settled on the cauldron housing the Olympic flame and were subsequently incinerated in front of the crowd when it was lit.
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