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TIL that Clint Eastwood bought David Webb Peoples’ script for The Unforgiven in 1976 and sat on it for 15 years until he was old enough to play the lead role of William Munny

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bV5E TIL that the eternal flame at Bullhead City, Arizona, only lasted until city officials received a US$961 gas bill. It has been relighted after complaints by veterans groups
b91xa TIL the uneven terrain of Nagasaki served as a natural buffer in the bombing, even though the "Fat Man" bomb had a 23 kiloton explosion yield, which is more than the explosion yield of "Little Boy" that is 13 kilotons, the bombing did not cause as much damage as the bombing in Hiroshima.
W4d8 TIL that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Canada declared war on Japan before the United States did.
b6OnQ TIL about Doggerland, a region of northwest Europe that was home to Mesolithic people before rising sea levels inundated the area and created a Europe better resembling today's Europe.
8RMP TIL France gives medals to citizens who have successfully raised several children with dignity.