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TIL that all movie theaters in the US are required to provide subtitles in the form of closed captioning.

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vaLL TIL A woman jumped off of the Eiffel Tower and landed on a car and survived, then later married the car’s owner.
XEZ7R TIL 1 week after getting out of rehab for heroin and cocaine addiction, Samuel L. Jackson began work on his breakout-role as a crack addict in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever.
E1LKX TIL that the music used in the "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy advertisement was pirated
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