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TIL Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was criticised by book reviewers due to the harsh treatment of characters that could be ‘perceived’ to be American

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v1jYD TIL the German folklore of Frau Perchta, a witch who would roam the German countryside for 12 days leading up to Christmas, leaving silver coins to good children and cut open the bellies and replace the organs of bad children with straw and pebbles.
YB07 TIL Broken Lizard is in the process of making Super Troopers 2, and is only being held up by a legal situation with FOX.
1VDP TIL James Cameron clashed with his British production crew on the set of Aliens in part due to their regular tea breaks, which threatened the movie’s release date.
6V5w TIL that under a 1868 treaty, the Sioux Indians can reclaim any unused federal lands and, after its closing in 1969, occupied Alcatraz for 18 months.
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