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TIL that Larry David didn’t want to use the name Kramer, as it was was based on his former neighbor of the same name, thinking he would take advantage. He was proved right when Kenny Kramer created the “Kramer Reality Tour”, which points out locations from scenes in Seinfeld.

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ePkg TIL in 2008 a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this very day.
jNJwj TIL that Horton Hears a Who is an allegory for American attitudes towards Japan during and after World War II.
vP55K TIL that a politician gave a food review of kebab while speaking in parliament. Australian Senator Sam Dastyari gave a "10 out of 10" rating to the kebab snack pack sold at King Kebab House, and advised others to also enjoy "a great Australian tradition of meat in a box".
1pv4 TIL that one teaspoon of the bacterium C. botulinum, properly distributed, could kill every single human being in the US.
OG6RY TIL when the 1984 film “Red Dawn” was in production, it was reported that a T-72 tank built for the film was such a precise replica, that while it was being carted around Los Angeles, two CIA intelligence officers followed the tank to the movie studio wanting to know where it had come from.