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TIL due to its intense graphic violence, Total Recall (1990) was originally given an X-rating. Several scenes were cut to secure an R-rating including Thumbelina stabbing Helm to death with a bowie knife, Richter's dissected arm & Quaid's ambush of the scientists upon fleeing the implant apparatus.

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N76Ae TIL North Korea owns a restaurant chain and operates restaurants outside of North Korea.
b9M7p TIL of the Guaíra Falls, one of the largest waterfalls on Earth that was flooded and lost in order to create a dam
gQVL TIL A senior scientist in the Manhattan Project was later persecuted by a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee for being “at the forefront of a revolutionary movement in physics called…quantum mechanics.”
KYw6Q TIL that Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor had an extramarital sexual relationship with his own step-grandmother, Germaine de Foix, who was one of his many mistresses. Charles later married his first cousin, Isabella of Portugal. His sister, Eleanor, married Isabella's father and her uncle, King Manuel.
Px5G TIL Mohawk Indians were instrumental in building many NYC bridges and skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building. This both contributed to, and was the result of, the myth that American Indians have no fear of heights.