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TIL that Stalin would have his photos retouched to remove people he didn’t like

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J1yoj TIL the first movie trailer dates back to 1913, for the movie The Pleasure Seekers
W7OYd TIL that Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
8KrV TIL that in Finland, nine out of ten plastic soft drink bottles are returned for re-use. Almost one hundred percent of all glass bottles are recycled – more than anywhere else in the world.
eWR4 TIL that the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical, federally registered political party in Canada, received 1.01% of the popular vote in the 1980 federal election campaigning to repeal the law of gravity and provide higher education by building taller schools, among other promises.
0wM8R TIL male platypus venom contains a hormone that promotes insulin release, called GLP-1; it's found in humans but degrades quickly. Platypuses make a long-lasting form of it, paving the way to new diabetes treatment; the platypus GLP-1 can be made in the lab so no platypuses will be needed for it.