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TIL that Mexican drug cartels kidnap innocent people and force them to fight to the death in gladiatorial combat

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mmAP TIL Rage Against The Machine was told to censor the lyrics of Killing In The Name when performing live for BBC. They started out censored before launching into the full lyrics, which are “F*ck you, I won’t do what you tell me!”
MKmK TIL that in 2008 a ship’s anchor accidentally cut two underwater Internet cables - reducing Asia’s internet capacity by 72%.
Qj86 TIL Gordon Lightfoot was inspired to write “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” when he saw the name misspelled “Edmond” in Newsweek magazine two weeks after the sinking and felt it dishonored the memory of the 29 who died.
QNQwM TIL Kathleen Turner accused Nicolas Cage of stealing a dog and drunk driving on the set of "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986). Cage sued her for defamation and won. In exchange he received a public apology from Turner and admission from her publisher that her claims were false and defamatory.
Nv8J TIL the 3 timelines shown in The Grand Budapest Hotel were each shot in a different aspect ratio, to reflect the cinematic history of the period being depicted.