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TIL Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002) was the most expensive film in Italian history and a big success in Italy but bombed in the US with 0% on Rotten Tomatoes

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xVB9b TIL there is a Kurdish saying that they have “no friends but the mountains”. This is due to their status as a stateless minority and frequent betrayal by their allies.
AVv4 TIL that Homer Plessy, of Plessy v. Ferguson, was only one-eighth black, yet he was still discriminated against in Louisiana and required to sit in the “colored” railroad car.
JYKLV TIL of the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, a legend based on the reply the Cossacks wrote in response to the ultimatum delivered to them by the Ottoman Sultan; the Cossack's reply is filled with particularly vulgar rhymes.
XROE TIL it is illegal to film in Devetashka Cave ever since the Expendables 2 film caused the death/relocation of nearly 25,000 bats. 13 species included were considered to be endangered.
mxO9M TIL in 1974 Howard Hughes helped the CIA raise part of a sunken Soviet submarine from a depth of 16,000 feet - all without the Soviets knowing. They recovered two nuclear torpedoes, documents, and the remains of 6 sailors - who they respectfully buried at sea.