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TIL that according to The World Health Organisation’s standards, Australian homes are on average colder than homes in Finland, Greenland, and the United Kingdom during the winter season

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ojVr TIL that in 1930 on the news bulletin the BBC reported that “There is no news” and instead played piano music
womJM TIL that Kevin Kwan sold the film rights to "Crazy Rich Asians" for just $1. However, as part of the conditions for the rights, he served as executive producer of the film with near-total creative control.
W7Lo4 TIL that the Goosebumps books were banned in some school libraries across the 90s for being too scary
rR6ge TIL the ship in Alien is named for the titular character in Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo" and means "shipmate" in Italian. The ship from Aliens, the Sulaco is named for the port-town in the novel.
Kb6G TIL That police shot a 92-year-old woman after getting a search warrant based off false information that she had sold an informant drugs. After shooting her, they planted drugs in her house. The entire Atlanta narcotics division was either tried and jailed or transferred because of this incident.