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TIL that the FBI investigated the movie "It's a Wonderful Life", when it was being made and eventually released, for being communist propaganda

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ZXO4 TIL that, in response to complaints about the long wait times for baggage, the Houston airport made the walk to baggage claim 6 times longer. Complaints dropped to near zero.
jN8GX TIL about a tree in Athens, GA that owns itself and cannot be cut down.
JYNYQ TIL about the island of Poveglia. It was used to quarantine plague victims until their death and then turned into an mental hospital until 1968. Now it’s nothing but haunted.
AN9jn TIL that the Australian town Lightning Ridge got its name in the 1870s, when some passers-by found the bodies of a farmer, his dog, and 200+ sheep, which had been struck dead by lightning.
dv09 TIL scorpions are incredibly resilient. Scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.