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TIL you’re supposed to change the direction of your ceiling fan for summer vs winter fans.

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4XV0b TIL Sofia Coppola wrote the lead of Lost in Translation, for Bill Murray. She didn't know him, spent a year trying to track him down, including asking random people who knew him through golf. Eventually she showed him the script, but he didn’t commit. She flew to Japan to film not sure if he’d show.
kOEQg TIL in 1950 a Czech mechanic found a wrecked German AFV from WWII and rebuilt it to smash through the Iron Curtain and apply for US Citizenship.
W7RlL TIL that Algeria, Syria, Iraq and Jordan have nationwide internet shutdowns to prevent cheating during school exams.
9wgEX TIL that the Imperial House of Japan is the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world, having been traditionally founded in 660 BC, while the oldest historically-attested evidence of the dynasty dates to 539 AD, which was the start of Emperor Kinmei, who was the 29th Emperor to rule.
QJwDX TIL Taxi Driver (1976) was made with a low budget of only $1.9 million. Robert De Niro & Cybill Shepherd received only $35k for the film while Scorsese received only $65k. Despite the low budget, it went on to receive 4 nominations at the 1977 Academy Awards.