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TIL the Vatican bank frequently launders Mafia gun and heroin money…

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Jxw8 TIL that when asked for his thoughts on the migration of New Zealanders to Australia, the Prime Minister of New Zealand stated that the “annual exodus of Kiwis to Australia raised the average IQ of both countries”.
wLpZP TIL about Agloe, New York, a fake village created by mapmakers as a "copyright trap" to catch plagiarists
LkdvZ TIL The film Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger each got the most money for was Twins, as they'd negotiated for 20% of box office sales instead of their usual salaries
vPNgx TIL that because of its strategic importance and impregnable position during the Napoleonic Wars, the Diamond Rock, off the coast of Martinique, was considered a warship by the British Admiralty, which conferred on it the title of HMS Diamond Rock, turning the rock into a stone frigate.
Wk88o TIL the role of Hannibal Lecter was turned down by Sean Connery, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro & others. Silence of the Lambs would go on to be the 3rd film in history to win all "Big 5" Academy Awards & upon release in 1991 on VHS, became the most rented film in the United States.