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TIL that teenage pregnancy reached its lowest point in 2010
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TIL Disney's 1992 film Aladdin was originally to be set in Baghdad but the studio was forced to change it due to the outbreak of the Gulf War. They scrambled the letters in Baghdad to create the fictional city of Agrabah.
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TIL out of the 5 major nuclear powers (NPT): US, UK, France, Russia and China, only China has pledged a 'No First Use' policy whereas the other four have agreed to reserve the right to use nuclear first-strikes as defensive deterrents.
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TIL That when Ben Rea (UK) died in May 1988, he bequeathed his £7-million ($12.5-million) fortune to Blackie, the last surviving of the 15 cats he shared his mansion with. The millionaire antiques dealer and recluse refused to recognize his family in his will. He left his wealth to his cats.
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TIL Brad Pitt became persona non grata (a foreign person whose entering or remaining in a particular country is prohibited by that country's government), in the People's Republic of China after he appeared in the 1997 film Seven Years in Tibet.
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TIL in 1981 a fire at the Las Vegas Hilton killed 8 guests and injured hundreds. A busboy initially praised as a hero for warning guests of the fire was later convicted of setting the blaze. The busboy claimed he accidentally set the fire while smoking a joint on his break.