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TIL that of Canada’s history with slavery. Indigenous people made up TWO THIRDS of the slaves in Canada.

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rRpLW TIL that Collateral (2004) and The Transporter (2002) take place in the same universe. Transporter director Louis Leterrier revealed that Jason Statham reprised his role as Frank Martin when he delivered the brief case to Tom Cruise in the opening scene of Collateral.
N7rjE TIL NASA's landing of the Curiosity rover was copyright claimed on YouTube
Qbve TIL ‘Sid Vicious asked Lemmy, the bassist of Motörhead, to teach him how to play bass with the words, “I can’t play bass,” to which Lemmy replied “I know.”’
R7eA7 TIL that the Ramones first album took only a week to record (three days for the instruments and four days for vocals), and costs only $6,400 to produce.
1a5j7 TIL of 'Soy Cuba' (I Am Cuba), a 1964 Soviet-directed propaganda film that backfired by making capitalism look too appealing. It was later rediscovered by Hollywood, and its groundbreaking film techniques inspired scenes in Goodfellas and Boogie Nights.