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TIL Steven Spielberg never was paid for Schindler’s List saying any salary would be blood money. Instead he donated everything to the Shoah Foundation.

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9Y5vD TIL: An affair between two Brazilian politicians was revealed when they danced together to "Bésame Mucho". Later, one of them was to be introduced with a military march, but the director of the presidential band had them play "Bésame Mucho" instead. He got 3 days of house arrest for insubordination.
4kK7a TIL: Sweden conducted the Vipeholm experiment on the intellectual disabled in the 1950s, where they fed them a large amount of sweets to see how it affects the formation of cavities. It was sponsored by the sugar industry and dentists. It sound experiment, but deemed unethical years after.
VM56Q TIL Tree experts pointed out a mistake in current Canadian currency. Instead of it's notes featuring Canadian maple leaves, it instead features Norwegian maple leaves. Although, both look fairly similar.
8aoZK TIL every household with a child attending NYC/Chicago/Memphis public schools qualifies for $30 off their monthly internet bill, no matter their income. Any school using USDA CEP for free lunches qualifies.
6EknQ TIL that the island council of Mackinac Island in Michigan had to give special permission for the 1980 Christopher Reeve movie 'Somewhere In Time' to bring cars on the island as (other than emergency vehicles) cars are prohibited. The cars brought for the production were limited to filming areas.