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TIL Andrew Lloyd Webber's reaction to the film adaptation of his musical "Cats" was to get an emotional support dog.

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4XL95 TIL Charlie Chaplin made his first sound film in 1940, which was 13 years after the emergence of talkies. His silent films in this time were still very popular.
Z8wQo TIL: Opium-Addicted Parrots Keep Raiding Poppy Farms in India
D1ppJ TIL In 1974, The Godfather premiered on NBC over two nights from 9-11 p.m.. Both nights, at 11 p.m., New York City's Municipal Water Authorities had some overflow problems from all of the toilets flushing around the same time.
yQLpJ TIL that Russian stadium didn't meet FIFA regulations so they added 18k seats
9VLX TIL a Hiroshima policeman went to Nagasaki to teach police about ducking after the atomic flash. As a result of this timely warning, not a single Nagasaki policeman died.