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TIL that director Michael Mann directed Heat twice, once in 1989 as a low budget TV movie and again in 1995 as a big budget box office hit, both have the same plot and scenes but Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star in the remake. Today Heat is recognized as one of the best crime films of all time.

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rRwLw TIL about Integrity Idol, a competition held in a few developing countries to find the most honest government officials. It aims to highlight honest officials and inspire a new generation to be more effective public servants.
ONdg TIL of denatonium benzoate, the most bitter compound known to science. Its primary use is as an additive to poisonous household chemicals to discourage consumption.
VL4m TIL bartenders in Utah must prepare drinks behind a curtain called a “Zion Curtain” to combat excessive drinking
epaKb TIL Figures in the Sistine Chapel had fig leaves covering them for over 300 years
Bene TIL Robert Moses, the extremely powerful New York City urban planner, hated the idea of poor people lowering the tone at the seaside, so he built low bridges over his parkways to ensure that only cars, not buses, could make the trip.