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TIL: That for 3 weeks after 911, the most searched for phrase on Google was ‘Nostradamus’

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AVBa TIL Stalin exiled a filmmaker to a city in the Arctic circle for 10 years for dating his daughter
eRME TIL that in the Mandingo fight scene in Django Unchained, when the man asks Django how his name is spelled, Django says “The D is silent.” The man replies “I know.” This is because the man is Franco Nero, the man who played Django in the original movie “Django,” in a cameo role.
e0wGb TIL Phil Collins donated the world's largest private collection of Alamo artifacts to the state of Texas. It included a fringed leather pouch and a gun used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's legendary knife.
1JD7 TIL that the first movie shown in a theater setting caused the audience to run away because they thought a train was going to come out of the screen.
gMXEX TIL - That using a cell phone at a gas station can cause a fire or explosion is a common urban legend, and has never happened anywhere in the world. Experts believe it to be impossible as no-one has been able to successfully create a fire or explosion by using a cell phone while fueling a car.