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TIL the Ministry of Interior in Qatar found video on social media of a car doing donuts in traffic. The car was impounded then then fed into a car crusher machine with a claw excavator.

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69oXJ TIL according to Nielsen: streaming services captured more viewers than cable TV for the first time ever in July 2022. Streaming had a 34.8% share of total television consumption during the month, followed by cable TV (34.4%) and broadcast TV (21.6%).
p8LZ8 TIL screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon) was blacklisted for communist activity. In the face of intense industry all Foreman's colleagues abandoned him expect for Gary Cooper. In gratitude, Foreman gave Cooper first refusal on his future scripts including, The Bridge on the River Kwai.
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MAQV TIL In 2002 Boston orthopedist David Arndt, while performing complicated spinal surgery, walked out on his patient – who was lying on the operating table, anesthetized and sliced open – so he could go cash his paycheck before the bank closed.
Me5mW TIL wartime psychoanalysts correctly predicted of Hitler that: As the war turns against him, his emotions will intensify and will have outbursts more frequently. His public appearances will become much rarer, because he's unable to face a critical audience