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TIL That on IMDb, “This Is Spinal Tap” is rated out of 11 instead of 10.

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78lWX TIL Brazil has a law that releases inmates during Christmas and many other holidays. In 2022, 43% of them have escaped.
b9aDQ TIL in 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired the entire air traffic controllers union, invoking a law that stated government employees that engaged in a strike forfeited their jobs.
VBKOm TIL that Brian Peck, a former dialogue coach and convicted sex offender, was pen pals with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. When Gacy was on death row, he sent Peck an autographed painting of a clown, which Peck framed in his house.
D1GyV TIL about Fitzwilliam Notebook, which was a diary kept by Isaac Newton when he was 19 or 20 years old. It contained a list of Newton's 57 deeds that he considered sins. The list included entries like 'making pies on Sunday night', 'calling Dorothy Rose a jade' etc.
Lk7EZ TIL that the country with the tallest average height is Bosnia and Herzegovina (183.9 cm/6' 0" for men, 171.8 cm/5' 7" for women), and the countries with the shortest average height are Indonesia for men (158.0 cm/5' 2") and Bolivia for women (142.2 cm/4' 8")