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TIL that American movie producer Robert Goldstein was sentenced to ten years in 1918 under the Espionage Act for a film that portrayed the British negatively during the American Revolution.

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OGaY4 TIL Stallone is the only actor in the history of American cinema to have starred in a box-office number-one film across six consecutive decades
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KOEyw TIL Japanese dragons have 3 toes, whereas Chinese dragons have 4-5. The Japanese believe this is because dragons come from japan, and the further they travelled, the more toes they gained
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