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TIL Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was responsible for the creation of the PG-13 rating

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oR7dr TIL the Pulitzer Prize winning book of poetry in 2014 sold less than 400 copies
VvQQ TIL that Venice does not have a complete modern sewer system. In the historic core, much of the raw sewage goes straight into the canals.
4Xo4R TIL in WW1, glow worms were gathered and used in lamps to light the trenches. Also, due to their extreme ability to detect particles in the air, slugs were used to detect gas attacks. If the slugs closed their breathing spires and contracted, troops would know to put on their gas masks
6lxQ TIL Coca Cola has depleted Indian village’s water for 16 years
OjgL TIL that FDR founded an organization to find a cure for polio, and believed that if every American gave only a dime, polio would be eradicated. Because of this motto, after his death in 1945, FDR’s face was put on the dime, and his organization was renamed “The March of Dimes.”