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TIL the best selling DVD of all time is Finding Nemo

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VMVGp TIL no-one knows the probability of being able to win a game of the card game Klondike with best-possible play. This has been described as "one of the embarrassments of applied probability".
dD6A8 TIL about Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, which according to Sight and Sound Magazine is the new #1 movie of all time according to their poll It is known for its long takes and slow cinema
BrJxy TIL of Hitler's Cross, an Adolf Hitler-themed restaurant in Mumbai. It was decked out in Nazi colors and had a gigantic portrait of Adolf Hitler. Following a huge backlash from Mumbai's Jewish community, the owner revealed he had no knowledge of Hitler's deeds and tore down the Nazi imagery.
Y1AB TIL there is a species of ant that will infiltrate a fire ant colony, kill the queen, then take her place. The workers raise the impostor’s children, which then fly off to infest more colonies. They are being considered as a biological method to control the spread of fire ants.
vRaL TIL Mark Knopfler would not allow Weird Al to parody his song “Money for Nothing” unless he was the one to play guitar on the parody.