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TIL more of Africa’s surface area is north of the equator than south of the equator

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BrKar TIL: Because the movie 12 Angry men (1957) didn’t make a profit, Henry Fonda never received his deferred salary. Despite this setback, he always saw the movie as one of the three best he ever made. The others being The Grapes of Wrath and The Ox-Bow Incident.
D1PWv TIL Rainbows in the dark are in fact possible. They're called moonbows and occur when the moon is brighter than usual.
VP98 TIL that Today all Dutch trains are powered 100% by wind energy
rNLao TIL that after singer George Michael crashed his car into the front of a 'Snappy Snaps' store in Hampstead, north London in 2010, somebody graffitied in the dent of the shop the word "Wham".
mjmY TIL that although many Evangelicals oppose the ‘Harry Potter’ series, prominent leaders of the Latter-day Saints (Mormon) church have recommended the series and spoke of being fans because the books teach morality and show good being victorious over evil