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TIL despite working with an annual budget of only CAD 67M (US $48M), the National Film Board of Canada is among the most highly awarded film studios in the world. It produced over 3000 films, won over 5000 awards & has been nominated for 74 Oscars, more than any film organization outside Hollywood.

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4X9vN TIL the term "Interest Convergence" wherein interests of minorities only improve when viewed as benefiting the majority - eg. ability to study/work from home for disabled is only now being fully actualised as it benefits all
l7BeB TIL that Tom Cruise earns the most per word for his movies at $7,091 a word or around $205,609 for 10 seconds of work. Second is Kurt Russell who gets $5,682 per word, Johnny Depp comes in third at $4,877 per word.
nerjG TIL that John P. O'Neill, counter terror expert and head of FBI National Security Division who spent many years investigating Al Qaeda, retired in early August 2001 and started his new job later that same month - as Head of Security at the World Trade Center. He died there on September 11.
ZpdRa TIL mūmiyā, a type of resin/bitumen used to treat diseases in traditional Islamic medicine, was transliterated as “mumia” in Western Europe during medieval times, which misled Europeans to think it was related to mummies and made them start consuming/trafficking human mummies from Egypt into Europe
P1Q7Z TIL that North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung’s mother was a Presbyterian deaconess, and one of the few churches openly operating in North Korea is dedicated in her honor.