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TIL the bookstore in Portlandia is a real place, completely unchanged during filming.

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9wKkM TIL Thomas Cromwell led the persecution of Anne Boleyn based on a prophecy of "secret treason" against Henry VIII by "children of unbelief." Anne opposed Cromwell's harder line on the church but when a priest close to her attacked Cromwell in a sermon Cromwell became convinced the prophecy was true.
mxdAO TIL Jordan Peele decided to make "Us" a full-on horror film due to people being generally confused over the genre of "Get Out".
R5rR4 TIL the male head of any Roman family possessed "ius vitae necisque," "the right of life and death," and could legally execute any of his children at any age.
VBQGD TIL Devin Gaines earned five bachelor's degrees simultaneously in five years from the University of Connecticut. He completed 276 credits and graduated in May 2007. Just two months later in July, he drowned in a gravel pit quarry while swimming with friends.
kGxE TIL guard llamas will protect livestock and have even been known to kill predators such as coyotes