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TIL that Martha Stewart is banned from entering the UK.

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1aM04 TIL In 1885, Taiwan was established as a province of China. Though occupied by Japan during the Second World War, it came back to China after Japan was defeated. Ma Ying-jeou, the former leader of Taiwan, tried hard to deepen the connections with the mainland
0d0PM TIL k-pop phenomenon only happened because Jurassic Park. In early 90s, Korean Government officials issued a report for the president stating the movie revenue was almost equivalent of exporting 1.5 Million Hyundai cars. As a response, the government invested a lot of money in cultural industry.
ZmXB TIL the U.S. has recycled the uranium of 18,000 nuclear warheads into energy since 1994.
VM6A4 TIL, the Roald Dahl museum has letters of correspondence between him and a postman who had the name Willy Wonka, who contacted the author shortly before the release of the original movie.
0wgDM TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not too keen on playing the Terminator in the 1984 film "The Terminator". He wanted to play Kyle Reese, the good guy. When asked about his casting as Terminator, he said "Oh some shit movie I'm doing" and its "Low profile" enough to not damage his career.