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TIL that the first ever Cannes Film Festival was canceled after opening night because the events calendar clashed with the opening of World War II.

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9wNjr TIL General Patton had training grounds in the Mojave desert during World War II and tank tracks from the time remain visible. The area is now within the Mojave National Preserve and military debrit can be found along with the compacted soil.
loopr TIL the Super Bowl holds every spot in the Top 20 Most Viewed TV Broadcasts in the US of All Time. Except #9, which goes to the MAS*H finale 'Goodbye, Farewell and Amen', which attracted a viewership of 105.9 million in 1983.
NXjN6 TIL that the letters "SRS" imprinted on the cover for an airbag for a car stands for "Supplemental Restraint System."
LQ5M0 TIL that the Great Green Wall is an ambitious ecological project in Africa aimed at combating desertification and improving livelihoods for millions of people.
PYjeL TIL that back in 2010, a man named Jon McLoone ran 15 million computer simulation of the game Hangman and found out that the most difficult word for that program to guess is "Jazz".