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TIL the pulsejet engine can be made with zero moving parts.

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VMMoD TIL That Quentin Tarantino dropped out of high school at the age of 14 and got a job as an usher at a porn theater after lying about his age. .
J1nBv TIL A Clockwork Orange is the first Science Fiction AND the last X Rated film Ever to be nominated for Best Picture
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LQx0d TIL that in 1978, Kim Jong Il abducted the famous South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee and her then ex-husband, director Shin Sang-ok, in order to make North Korean propaganda films. Shin attempted to flee and was imprisoned for 3 years before finally agreeing to shoot the films. They escaped in 1986.
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