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TIL that Aladdin, one of the most iconic characters from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, was Chinese

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Wk0bo TIL Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, was buried in a cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. He is the only member of the Nazi Party to be honoured this way.
LQpPp TIL When early talkie movies were being filmed, the microphones were all stationary. This meant actors were forced to move very little when speaking their lines. To compensate filmmakers used multi-camera setups which let them ‘move’ perspectives by switching shots.
VnYm TIL Japan has an “untouchable” class, the Burakumin, which still faces discrimination in some areas to this day.
vPvpL TIL France banned serving alcohol with school lunches in 1956, but only for kids under 14.
l1EB TIL an Egyptian special forces unit got confused for terrorists while attempting to storm a hijacked plane, 15 were killed by Cypriot forces. 7 years later the unit tried to storm another plane by attaching explosives to it, 56 of the hostages died. The unit was subsequently disbanded.