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TIL that Richard Donner received hate mail and death threats for making Superman (1978), which draws parallels between Superman and Jesus, with one letter telling him his "blood would run in the streets".

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5YkJp TIL the actor who played Uncle Lewis in Christmas Vacation (William Hickey) was only 61 years old when the movie was filmed
Ag84 TIL in Canada apologizing for something cannot be used against you in court as an admission of guilt thanks to the Apology Act.
WkEwY TIL of the Fisher Protocol, an idea where nuclear launch code would be implanted in a volunteer. If the President really want to launch a nuclear strike, he had to kill the volunteer.
dvpd TIL in 1994, American Michael Fay was sentenced to caning in Singapore for theft and vandalism. Caning is a routine sentence in Singapore, but its unfamiliarity to Americans created a backlash. The number of strokes in Fay’s sentence was reduced from 6 to 4 after U.S. officials requested leniency
e0KOE TIL that China is projected to have a larger Christian population than the US by 2030