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TIL the opposite of jealousy is compersion

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R5kE1 TIL “Fiddler on the Roof” is a smash hit in Japan, with hundreds of revivals since 1967. A Japanese producer wondered whether American audiences understood the play, “because it’s so Japanese.”
X0vVr TIL Canada's original gothic Parliament Building, including the Victoria Tower, was destroyed by fire in 1916. Only the Library survived intact, by an employee who closed the iron doors connecting the Library to the rest of the building
6EnD8 TIL that the Elvish language from LOTR is the 46th most popular language studied in the U.S.
W7ExY TIL the 1970 song “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry was used in a 1990s UK advertisement for a campaign against drunk-driving, because of the lyric “have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find.” The ad showed a group of drinkers at a rural pub getting killed when their car crashes.
nerM9 TIL after two cast members of LOST were arrested for drunk driving, both their characters were killed off in an episode called "Two for the Road".