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TIL 84% of Vegetarians and Vegans in the U.S. Return to Meat

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v1VpB TIL Episode 122 of The Twilight Zone, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, was a French film short that had won awards at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962 and an Oscar for Live Action Short Film in 1963. Producers paid $25,000 for rights that limited them to airing the story no more than two times.
aa8y TIL the average black-market price of an AK-47 worldwide is $534. In certain areas in Africa, prices of AK-pattern rifles can be as low as $30. It is estimated that up to 100 million Kalashnikov assault rifles are still in use today.
lolbV TIL that crime syndicates exist for stealing and trafficking bee colonies and the bees can be worth millions of dollars
Lkewd TIL that Hubble Space Telescope takes only B&W photos and then the colors are added later!
e0mWg TIL that in 1962, Miriam Margolyes (the actress who plays Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films) was the first person to say "fuck" on British television