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TIL that many people consider Die Hard to be a Christmas movie.

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8GmL TIL In 1965, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson said to the Greek ambassador “Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fellows continue itching the elephant they may just get whacked by the elephant’s trunk, whacked good.”
oEl8 TIL Santa Monica, CA, has passed the world’s first net zero construction ordinance. Beginning this year, all new single family homes built within city limits will be required to generate at least as much energy as they use.
WkR6N TIL that the December 19, 1987 episode of Saturday Night Live was hosted by the singer Paul Simon and US Senator Paul Simon.
WR14 TIL Ants conduct war in ways similar to humans - they even use more advanced strategies like reconnaissance and sending expendable ants to the front line as to preserve the stronger ones.
N7Xk8 TIL Potato plants can grow fruit. They look like tiny green tomatoes and are poisonous.