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TIL Britain used tommy guns in ww2

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D1gGV TIL in WWII, weather reports were censored to prevent enemy submarines from learning about conditions. A football game in Chicago was so covered in fog that the radio announcer couldn’t see the field, but afterwards he was officially thanked for never using the word “fog” or mentioning the weather.
BxRK TIL Mr. Smithers was originally black before being changed after 1 episode.
4xRX TIL that the film adaptation of The Cat in the Hat was so poorly received that Seuss’ widow forbade any further live-action adaptations of her husband’s work
NX8Wb TIL that when The Karate Kid was in pre-production, Crispin Glover was considered for Johnny Lawrence before William Zabka got the part.
LkpEv TIL that despite decades of deforestation, the Earth is getting greener