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TIL the 1981 Italian horror film ‘Nightmare’ was so controversial in the UK, the distributor received an 18 month prison sentence for refusing to edit 1 second of violence. The film had already been cut by over 3 minutes.

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R7xN8 TIL: There is an ethnic group called the Baganda, that live in Buganda; a sub national kingdom of Uganda, where they speak Luganda, and a person from here is call a Muganda.
1LkX TIL Lucky Charms were created by combining Cheerios and circus peanuts.
6Ega8 TIL originally built as only a hunting lodge for King Francois I, Chateau de Chambord contains 440 rooms and 365 fireplaces. It is so large that the Loire was rumored to be diverted to make room.
ob48 TIL if you are lost in the bush, 99% of the time you’ll walk in big circles as big as 1km. The human body will always walk to one side of something (trees in this case) and favour that side every time, unless you’re aware of this fault. There’s also a science to it.
XErGE TIL Bruce Lee was a womanizer and according to actress Sharon Farrell 'was the first man I had ever been with who had such a beautiful body. Bruce was the most incredible lover I've ever been with. He was just so knowledgeable about a woman's body'