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TIL the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" initially lost money at the box office. It wasn't until a rerelease in 1949 that its studio finally earned a profit on the film.

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JYlbV TIL that on 6 may 1990, over 1.2 million people from Romania and the Republic of Moldova met at the border set on Prut river, as the restrictions were temporarily lifted. The event was known as the Bridge of Flowers. Many people brought flowers to meet the relatives they haven't seen in decades
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4XL7R TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion
XoN6 TIL that congress can hire pirates to attack foreign enemies. It’s in Clause 11
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