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TIL there is a black market for beer

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Od61 TIL that in 1971 there was a failed attempt to adapt Dune to film. It would have included Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, and Mick Jagger acting with music by Pink Floyd. Its failure caused the SFX head to go into a psychiatric hospital where he later wrote the script for “Alien”.
ANdyg TIL that Joan Hannington, 'The Godmother', was the most notorious female figure in London's criminal underworld during the 80s. With her stunning looks and glamorous wardrobe, Joan was underestimated, she used this to her advantage and became an undetected mastermind in high-stakes jewellery theft.
ZRKa TIL “Scooby Doo’s” full name is “Scoobert Scooby Dooby Doo”
DQKQv TIL Australia is the lowest and flattest continent in the world with an average elevation of only 1000 feet due to being near the centre of a tectonic plate
4X0b6 TIL In the German city of Wolfsburg, created for Volkswagen workers, there is a football club owned by Volkswagen, which plays at the Volkswagen stadium and which was coached by a manager called Wolfgang Wolf