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TIL Warner Bros. threatened movie theaters with blockage of future posters if they showed a parody movie of Harry Potter

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rRD4d TIL The University of British Columbia has a modern First Nations Longhouse constructed with Western redcedar logs and was designed to reflect the architectural traditions of Coast Salish-styled longhouses. It serves as an intellectual, social, spiritual, and cultural home for Aboriginal students
X0VXP TIL a 2011 study found that men with gonorrhea smelled "putrid" to a group of women and that while the off-putting smell may have been subtle, it definitely still had an effect. The researchers determined that unpleasant body odor of this type can reduce the probability of a dangerous partnership.
R7mv4 TIL that every two years the people of Brussels create a Flower Carpet with more than 500,000 flowers.
Y7DPW TIL in 1957, the US tested an atomic bomb in the Nevada desert that produced a mushroom cloud visible from Las Vegas, 65 miles away.
rRyNe TIL that some people do not have an internal monologue. I can’t imagine making it through a single day without having the voice in my head.