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TIL that there are just 357 drive-in movie theaters left in America.

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KOpr4 TIL Joseph Stalin originally trained as a priest in an Orthodox Spiritual Seminary. He at first achieved high grades, but later lost interest, declaring himself an atheist. He was known to stalk out of prayers, refuse to doff his hat to monks, and was confined to a cell for his rebellious behaviour.
bavj TIL Hockey players score higher in spatial skills than than any other athlete.
bnn4 TIL a Japanese soldier who didn’t know a war had ended, hid in a jungle for 29 years killing people, and farmer’s pigs to survive. To get him to stop, his old commanding officer met him and ordered him to surrender.
m1DAM TIL that the most emotionally intelligent person I know doesn’t speak and never has.
Lkr5P TIL during a 1966 film version of Fahrenheit 451, the opening credits were read aloud with no text, since it's about a world without reading matter.