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TIL instead of making a film about Iraq or Darfur, Stallone made Rambo 4 (2008) about “lesser-known” Myanmar military atrocities

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5YlA8 TIL "Jazz" was originally "Jass" but the term was changed because children and some adults could not resist the temptation to scratch the letter "J" from the posters
GYRaJ TIL In the 1950s, the Egyptian Secret Service had their spy in London buy all of the James Bond books so they could analyse British espionage methods believing it was based on reality
4Xngw TIL in 1915, during a historic drought, San Diego hired a “Rain Maker.” He took the job and soon thereafter there was so much rain that there were floods and a dam even broke. They didn’t pay him though. Too much rain.
6EXAl TIL african american woman Iomikoe Johnson with extreme vitiligo has been slowly turning white. One point she was suicidal and is now happy and a model.
MYn0 TIL Jon Burge, Chicago Police Comander, tortured black people for 30 years and wondered out loud if jury would “believe that bunch of niggers.” Only gets convicted of perjury after years of support by Fraternal Order of Police