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TIL that 'Ambiancé' was an experimental film with an expected run time of 30 days. A 439 minutes long trailer was released in 2016 and the director said that he would destroy the only existent copy of the movie, once the film's initial screening was completed. The entire movie is still unreleased

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PYk7J TIL that Boar Taint is a foul odor/taste in Pork products that affects 1 in 5 male pigs. Most people can sense it when present and it puts some eaters off Pork forever. It derives from uncastrated male pigs hitting puberty. Smelly pig.
jNXpN TIL that one of the first American spies was a women during the Revolutionary War. To this day, her identity is not known and is referred to only as Agent 355.
Q0ME TIL that the Nijō Palace in Kyoto has special floors that squeak when walked upon, a sound that is very similar to the Nightingale birds. So when attackers tried to kill the Shogun, they would give their position away, but would only think that the birds outside are chirping.
J1NOk TIL that an extra on the set of "Transformers 3" was left brain damaged after she was struck with a piece of metal. After the accident, a portion of her skull was removed and she now endures memory loss, seizures, and is blind in one eye. She was awarded an $18.5 million settlement
1aNOX TIL in 2017, the University of Akron in Ohio banned carved pumpkins in the dorms. So instead, student Alex Shwarz carved a pineapple. The school threw it out as it would attract rodents and bugs. To retaliate, Schwarz craved an army of mini Jack-o-Lanterns from apples. The school finally gave up.