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TIL that after 9/11, Martin Scorcese was pressured to remove the Twin Towers seen in the ending of the 2002 movie "Gangs Of New York". Scorsese chose to keep the scene in, saying that "The people in the film ... were part of the creation of that skyline, not the destruction of it."

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7MQr TIL that, in China, there are hundreds of primary schools that are sponsored by tobacco firms, and they have such slogans as “Talent comes from hard work – Tobacco helps you become talented.”
5YPpn TIL that Spanish military outpost Penon de Velez de la Gomera on the Moroccan coastline forms the shortest international border in the entire world, spanning only 74 meters. It was also once an island until a 1934 storm left the sandy isthmus that serves as the border today.
4Maa TIL Scientists took advantage of the three-day flight ban over the US after 9/11 to conduct experiments on the effect on the atmosphere of jet planes. They found the days were a little warmer and the nights cooler, suggesting that the exhaust trails planes leave in the sky act like clouds.
Rwn6 TIL the train scene from Inception was not a CGI. The crew fitted a tractor truck to look like a diesel locomotive and smashed cars with it.
JnEB TIL there are “secret” crew rest areas above the passenger cabins of long range aircraft