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TIL the original Mad Max (1979) movie was dubbed from Australian to American for US audiences.

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loKYB TIL Before he died in 1998, Chinese President Yang Shangkun told his army doctor that the Tiananmen crackdown on June 4 had been the most serious mistake committed by the Communist Party in its history
LQ6vQ TIL in 1972 a note left in a locker at JFK Airport demanded payment or bombs would go off on 4 TWA planes leaving that day. Police found one bomb but cleared the other TWA flights. The next day a bomb exploded on a TWA plane at McCarran Airport in Vegas - it was one of the planes cleared to leave NY
9w6bQ TIL: Roland the Farter was a professional flatulist who worked in the court of King Henry II, beloved for his timely farts, he was given a manor and 30 acres by the king. His only recorded performance was in a 13th century Book of Fees, which describes it as "one jump, one whistle, and one fart".
e0e0E TIL that the Pink Floyd pistol shrimp can make a sound thats 210 decibels by snapping the claw shut. Thats louder than a rocket launch. It uses the sound to kill small fish.
j6ZBn TIL that of jobs with the lowest risk of robot automation, nurse practitioners are projected to grow the most, with an estimated increase of 45.7% by 2031