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TIL France has 12 time zones. This is more than any other country.

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R5rga TIL that actor Gary Cooper turned down the role of Rhett Butler in the 1939 film “Gone with the Wind,” and said that the film "is going to be the biggest flop in Hollywood history". Today, “Gone with the Wind” is the highest grossing movie of all time, adjusted for inflation.
gr9JL TIL the oldest ever porn film is called El Satario (1917). It features a man dressed as the devil stealing a women into a cave, where they then have sex before being chased away.
OkDa TIL that OJ. Simpson’s Heisman trophy was melted down and made into small angel pins for people who donated money to battered women’s causes.
dGdE TIL that cave systems were recently discovered beneath Antarctica which are warm enough to wear t-shirts in, and in which it is said a “lost world” of new animals and plants may exist
VBdm0 TIL: That Snoopy became NASA's safety mascot in 1968, leading to the creation of the Silver Snoopy Award, a highly coveted honor that has recognized NASA employees and contractors for over 50 years.