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TIL that it is cheaper to fly to the US (and back) to purchase Adobe Software than it is to buy it in Australia

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0NZ1 TIL that Bruce Lee was so fast that the fight scenes in his movies had to be slowed down to see.
P1WPe TIL that Laurence Olivier's brother in the film "Marathon Man" was played by a German acrobat well-known for performing contortionist shows while drunk. He was onboard the Hindenburg and escaped by replicating his act. He was briefly considered a suspect in its destruction due to his quick escape.
PA5e TIL the Indian rebellion of 1857 started because the East India Trading Company was asking its soldiers to bite the seal off their ammo cartridges, which were sealed with pork and beef animal fats (against Muslim and Hindu beliefs).
OoYAg TIL Stalin saved the Chinese written script by talking Mao out of completely replacing it with full scale romanization
9YwyM TIL the color of nasal mucous has no bearing on whether you have an infection, so just because you have yellow or green mucous, doesn’t mean you have a sinus infection; it’s a sign your immune system is doing its jobof fighting the cold virus