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TIL the opening scene from The Exorcist was shot in the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq. These were the same ruins the terrorist group ISIL destroyed in february 2015

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wL5M8 TIL that Ridley Scott had plans to adapt the dystopian novel Brave New World into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Ridley Scott ultimately had trouble doing the book justice and stated, “I don’t know what to do with Brave New World. It’s tough….when you reanalyze it, maybe it should stay a book".
N1v1 TIL that Hugh Hefner is credited for breaking the color barrier in stand up comedy when he hired African American comedian Dick Gregory to perform at the Playboy Club in Chicago.
gddA TIL For one day in 1998, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself to “ToPikachu” in honor of Pokémon’s U.S. debut.
16AXW TIL The first oranges weren’t orange. The original oranges from Southeast Asia were a tangerine-pomelo hybrid, and they were actually green. In fact, oranges in warmer regions, such as Vietnam and Thailand, still stay green through maturity.
6blZ TIL the sale of alcohol was banned in Samoa for 3 days so they could change from driving on the right, to driving on the left.