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TIL for a small fee movies could license the name “National Lampoon” on a one-time basis even if National Lampoon didn’t help produce the film.

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WkYwN TIL During the “Red Scare” in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s, and to a lesser extent in the 1960s, activists on the far right of American politics routinely asserted that fluoridation was part of a far-reaching plot to impose a socialist or communist regime.
Dl8p TIL the original ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ has the longest car chase in movie history at 40 minutes and wrecked and destroyed 93 cars in the process
yVDXe TIL the Federated States of Micronesia under-23 national football team participated in the Pacific Games for the first (and only) time in 2015. They lost all three games with 114 total goals scored against them. They scored 0 goals.
5VBZk TIL that Kurioshi, Japan, has purpose-built tsunami evacuation towers
8rwG TIL that for Easter in the Czech Republic, men use braided willows to whip women’s buttocks. Said women then thank the men for ensuring their beauty and vitality, and reward them with chocolate or a shot of plum brandy.