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TIL that in 2018, Saudi Arabia lifted a 35-year ban on cinema. The first film to screen publicly in the country after the ban was lifted was "The Emoji Movie"

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e0MeL TIL peekaboo is universal to all cultures, and developmental psychologists believe it is important to infant development.
W77ZX TIL Pen & Pixel, the art studio responsible for the "bling rap" album covers of such labels as No Limit, Cash Money or Suave House, designed over 19,000 covers in its 11 years of operation.
GYdpN TIL US Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin wanted the US to ratify the UN Genocide Convention. He gave a speech on the need to ratify it each day the Senate was in session from 1967-1986 (a total of 3,211 times) until the US Senate finally ratified it on Feb. 11th, 1986 in an 83-11 vote.
bEJ4 TIL Winston Churchill despised Gandhi and when he tried to hunger strike Churchill was in favor of letting him die
xVr9D TIL of Way Kambas National Park in Lampung Province Sumatra Indonesia. It is home to Sumatran Elephant, Tiger & Rhino, tapir & siamang. In 2016, Way Kambas was formally declared an ASEAN Heritage Park.