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TIL that in Japan the cinema genre "Spaghetti Western" has been changed in "Macaroni Western" because in Japan spaghetti are conceptually "thin and meager", far from the iconic stories told in the movies.

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WPBX TIL, that for restaurants to get on a highway exit sign, they must operate continuously for 12 hours a day and six days per week. In addition, restaurants on the service signs must be within six miles of the highway, and offer 24 seats for patrons, a public bathroom, and a public telephone.
x6bE0 TIL that Lucasfilm hired YouTuber Shamook as their Senior Facial Capture Artist after Shamook dropped a deepfake video that went viral because many felt it improved the VFX used to de-age Mark Hamill in Season 2 of The Mandalorian.
X06mr TIL that Amanda Knox, while imprisoned, was falsely told she had HIV. This led her to list her sexual partners, which then leaked to the media. This incident is seen as a strategy by authorities to probe her personal life for a possible accomplice in the Meredith Kercher murder case.
pJeZ TIL masturbation has health benefits relating to cervical infections, urinary tract infections, and may reduce insomnia, depression, prostate cancer
16ObP Today I learned that Pakistan and India want to kill each other. I follow world politics for a while now but just now I read an article (Wiki Page) about the nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan. It kinda blew my mind to be honest.