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TIL that the highest-grossing film ever released in the Soviet Union was a Mexican melodrama called "Yesenia"

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M715a TIL that despite its cultural presence as the doomsday scenario, current models and estimates believe that a nuclear winter is not a realistic outcome following a nuclear war. One analysis said so many successive things would need to go wrong it was akin to a coin landing on heads 40 times straight
m1vpy TIL that you are allowed to beat/assault your wife in Iraq under Article 41 and murdering them will only grant you three years in prison
vP4vR TIL that Po was the only bilingual Teletubbie. She was voiced by Pui Fan Lee and occasionally spoke Cantonese on the show.
oRn47 TIL about Venture Smith, the son of a West African prince. Kidnapped and became an American slave until he purchased his and his family's freedom and went on to become a wealthy property owner in the late 1770's
8eRVP TIL of the 'Fry and Turnbull effect' on prostate cancer in the UK. In 2008 news presenter Bill Turnbull and broadcaster Stephen Fry both had a prostate cancer diagnosis and urged other men to come forward for help. It caused a 36% increase in patients receiving treatment the following year.