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TIL - The military–entertainment complex is the cooperation between militaries and entertainment industries to their mutual benefit, especially in such fields as cinema, multimedia, virtual reality, and multisensory extended reality.

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78JYx TIL the Bloody Mary Cocktail was invented in Paris, and was originally called a Bucket of Blood, then Red Snapper
E1XMp TIL both the 1988 revival of The Munsters and the 1998 revival of The Addams Family produced more episodes than the original shows
1Go7 TIL there is a chair made specifically for having sex on.
oBa9W TIL performance artist Tehching Hsieh spent an entire year punching a time clock every hour on the hour, then photographing himself immediately after. He shaved his head before starting, so his hair growth would reflect the passage of time.
Oo5o4 TIL Switzerland has maintained neutrality in all wars since 1815 and is so adamant about remaining neutral that it rigged its entire infrastructure to explode in an attempt to prevent direct conflict if provoked.