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TIL "Amadeus" was filmed almost entirely in real castles and palaces in Prague, rather than Vienna where Mozart actually lived

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XEWwk TIL Netherlands is the World's 2nd largest food exporter after the USA (which is around 270 times larger in area) The Dutch Farmers produce crops 'sustainably' with low usage of water/pesticides. The usage of Antibiotics for poultry & livestock has also decreased significantly since the last decade
MekrV TIL: Cable TV networks increase the speed of T.V shows e.g. 'Friends' or 'Seinfield' to around 1.2x speed so that they can fit in extra commercials
b95dZ TIL of Jack Ryan, who worked on designing medium range missiles for the Pentagon before joining Mattel and working on designing the initial Barbie doll and Hot Wheels cars
ADr8o TIL golf was banned in 1457 by king James II of Scotland as it was interfering with archery practice. It wasn't repealed till 1502 and the signing of perpetual peace
MexgV TIL Aerosmith's Joe Perry use to keep a roadie by the side of the stage instructed to give him a toot of cocaine through a straw whenever he wandered over pretending to need technical assistance