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TIL of the phenomenon of 'Twin Films'. These are two films with very similar plots which are released by two different studios at roughly the same time (e.g. Madagascar & The Wild, Antz & A Bug's Life)

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Z8PG4 TIL about Adam-ondi-Ahman, a historic site in Daviess County, Missouri, about five miles south of Jameson. According to the doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints it is the site where Adam and Eve lived after being expelled from the Garden of Eden.
ANXdx TIL that in order to host the Super Bowl, host cities must provide the NFL exclusive access to three top quality, 18-hole area golf courses (at no cost) so it can host a tournament on Super Bowl weekend
Y9pP TIL Directors of the Crank movies let their Asian actors say whatever they wanted in their foreign language and was then later subtitled. Asian viewers then questioned why the dialogue being spoken by the characters didn’t match the subtitles.
xBb7 TIL Ernest Hemingway, his father, his brother, his sister and his granddaughter all committed suicide.
Pkpe TIL of the Persian social custom of Taarof, where every business owner is obliged to refuse payment, and every customer is obliged to insist on paying anyway, sometimes going back and forth up to 3 times