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TIL that the last VHS released by a major studio in North America was A History of Violence on March 14, 2006.

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OGP7e TIL Monty Python came to Germany in 1972, long before many other countries. The comedians were invited by Alfred Biolek to make TV specials in Germany, the first was performed phonetically and the second was dubbed. Terry Jones could still recite the German lumberjack song fourty years later.
6ELPm Today I learned that Pablo Escobar Owned a football team in Colombia
l6d5 TIL “"No president has ever used the [Emergency Alert System] system or its technical predecessors in the last 50 years, despite the Soviet missile crisis, a presidential assassination, the Oklahoma City bombing, major earthquakes and three recent high-alert terrorist warnings…”
oBJN8 TIL France has banned children under the age of 15 to use their smartphones in school. This ban also includes smartwatches and tablets.
bQj TIL that four fans on low speed will produce more cooling than one set on high and still use a lot less energy.