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TIL that the Pink Panther and Halloween films have sequel subtitles in common: Return, Revenge, and Curse

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LkJnV TIL that sometimes, the revolution is televised: the execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena following the Romanian Revolution was videotaped and shown on TV.
EgWnx TIL that Nolan Gould, who is best known for playing Luke Dunphy on the hit TV show Modern Family, who is portrayed as being not very intelligent, is a member of Mensa. In an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show he stated his IQ was 150.
XEpgk TIL: Birds have a poor sense of smell so handling a young bird does not cause its parents to abandon it. If you move it, make sure you leave it within hearing distance of where it was found.
rjoy TIL that authentic Mongolian cuisine is mutton, mutton, and more mutton. (A “Mongolian barbecue” is neither Mongolian nor BBQ.) It is so monotonous that one travel author wrote “in 33 years of international travel [Mongolia] has without question the most pitiful food of any country I have visited”.
Ao4g TIL that the song “Mah Na Mah Na”, which was popularized in part by the Muppets, originally debuted in an Italian pseudo-documentary about sexual activity in Sweden and was titled “Hooray for the Swedish Sauna”.