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TIL: “Grave of the Fireflies” and “My Neighbour Totoro” were originally released as a double billing.

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woLD6 TIL that the largest nuclear-powered submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy, the Ohio-class submarine, on a single load of supplies can go around the world twice while submerged, whitout having to surface at all.
w1W7 TIL In late 1981, Ronald Reagan started a program of giving “government surplus” cheese to the poor and unemployed Rust Bowl families. The cheese had been stockpiled to keep dairy prices up.
WGyA TIL: During the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Greece always enters the stadium first due to its status as the birthplace of the Olympics.
J1n88 TIL that octopuses have been caught throwing things at each other in aquariums. Apparently, they're not just escape artists and clever problem solvers, they're also petty little grudge holders who chuck rocks at their annoying tank mates.
W7YQ8 TIL that when a Concorde crashed in 2000, it came within 30 feet of hitting a plane carrying the French president