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TIL that the founder of the CCP believed in free democracy and free press.

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ANxLn TIL in 1924 French colonists deliberately introduced an insect to Madagascar in order to kill off plants which native pastoralists used as food and animal feed - leading to a famine which killed hundreds and displaced thousands, but cleared land and made labor available for French sugar plantations
4XOK5 TIL there is a song called December by Earth, Wind & Fire, which is an official parody of the song "September" but about Christmas.
1ajDr TIL that the 1,500 Irish Defence Forces members that played the army in Braveheart were promised weekends off, but the shooting often ran over. One weekend, Colonel McCorley ordered the men march off set. "Mel Gibson’s mouth dropped. He couldn’t say anything."
KYgKa TIL 'Footloose' the movie, is based on a real place of Elmore, OK which banned dancing between 1898 to 1980
JY94l TIL Gibson Guitars is missing their 1959-1960 shipping ledger and is offering a $59,000 cash reward for its return