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TIL Roger Ebert considers Armageddon (1998) to be one of his most hated films. He said it was “an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained.”

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K7d6 TIL A packet of cigarettes in Australia will cost $40 by 2020
9Bl7 TIL the former ruler of Dubai said “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.”
e0KL5 TIL of the 1804 Haiti massacre that was carried out against the remaining white population in Haiti by Haitian soldiers. Squads moved from house to house, torturing and killing entire families. These events polarized Southern U.S. public opinion on the question of the abolition of slavery.
vP5m4 TIL about Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. A cliff in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was used for 5,500 years to run buffalo off it to their death. A pile of bones 30 feet tall and hundreds of feet long can be found at the base of the cliff.
b6xp TIL Rob Zombie was a production assistant on PeeWee’s Playhouse…