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TIL newly naturalized US citizens can have their citizenship revoked if they join the Communist party within five years of becoming a citizen

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nWJOd TIL Ford CEO Jim Farley is the cousin of SNL comedian Chris Farley
ZV4a TIL A Man Named John Banvard Once Made a Painting of the Mississippi River. By the time it was finished, the painting was three miles long. Since John died, the painting has been cut up and was hung in movie theaters. There is no evidence that any exists to this day.
wXQJ TIL that Christopher Hitchens described the experience of viewing Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Basterds’ as similar to “sitting in the dark having a great pot of warm piss emptied very slowly over your head.”
gMMKA TIL In the films "Rocky," (1976) and "Rocky Balboa,"(2006) Rocky's pet turtles were played by the same two turtles.
oBDpA TIL George McCoy is Britain's leading Brothel Reviewer with 13 national guidebooks, multiple local guides and even street planners. He often gets free services as he is reviewing and some Brothels even have “Recommended by George McCoy” stickers.