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TIL “Bill Nye the Science Guy” was cancelled after 20 years because due to “Hollywood accounting” the producers had never shown a profit

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XwEX TIL Soviet Russia built a flying tank.
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NXdrQ TIL Joseph Stalin was covered in scars from the smallpox that he’d survived at the age of seven and had official photos portray his face as smooth and fresh with well maintained hair by heavily editing and retouching photos.
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