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TIL from 1906 to 1980, New Hebrides (today Vanuatu) was a condominium jointly ruled by France and the United Kingdom

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1aBj8 TIL that Charlie Chaplin made the Hitler mocking film, "The Great Dictator", in 1940 using his own money because none of the Hollywood studios were comfortable irking the Germans as they had financial relations with them. The film is said to be one of the greatest works of Charlie Chaplin.
JY4R1 TIL NBC would occasionally add a fourth note to its chimes to notify reporters to immediately return to the office to prepare historic news reports. The fourth chime was most famously used during the nation's D-Day reports, but was discontinued after WWII.
4JVa TIL that storms from the Sahara Desert blow dust all the way to Florida, affecting Florida’s climate and air quality
lg75 TIL there’s a museum in Massachusetts dedicated to art “too bad to be ignored”. A painting was stolen, and a reward was set at $6.50 (raised to $36.73)
bgK9 TIL that more than 70% of marriages in Ethiopia are by abduction, and in some areas, it’s closer to 80%.