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TIL that to film Stranger Things Starcourt Mall, they reconstructed a real 1980s style mall in a dying shopping mall in Georgia.

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A7Ww TIL:We write $10, instead of 10$ (as it is spoken) to prevent forging “I owe you 10.00$” can easily be changed to “I owe you 910.00$” but “I owe you $10.00” can at most be increased by less than a penny to “I owe you $10.0099999”
nrmB TIL The Thing Video Game released in 2002 is considered the canonical sequel to the 1982 film and explains what happens to Childs and MacReady.
a6BA TIL that Turkey (which wants to join the EU) imprisons more journalists than China and Iran combined.
GANm7 TIL in 1927 Santa robbed a bank in Texas resulting in 100 people turning up outside the bank to shoot Santa.
KYAxa TIL that a toy poodle called Pulaski's Masterpiece, who was biled as "the most valuable dog", was stolen and he was never found. He mated with poodles owned by famous people such as Judy Garland, Eva Perón and Gary Cooper.