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TIL US and European laws say travelers must be compensated if their flight is canceled or severely delayed, but only few of the eligible travelers try to claim their cash

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JYbAj TIL about 300 vintage Dodge Chargers were destroyed during the filming of The Dukes of Hazard
6XnX TIL - “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” - Rather than rely on CGI, Burton wanted the 40 squirrels in the Nut Room to be real. They began their coaching while newborns, fed by bottles to form relationships with human trainers.
jRrQ TIL the World’s Smallest Guitar is the Size of a Red Blood Cell.
oOWK TIL You only need the first 39 digits of pi to accurately calculate the spherical volume of the universe
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