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TIL that NBC censored a tribute to the victims of the 7/7 bombings from the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony coverage because ‘it wasn’t about America’

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d8RXZ TIL In 2012, The City Of Brussels Erected A Life-Sized Statue of Jean Claude Van Damme.
wLeME TIL Hawaii has nearly one tourist die each week while engaged in common vacation activities like swimming, snorkeling, hiking and going on scenic drives
xeJb TIL of a movie called “Margaret” which was in post-production for so long that two of its main producers had died years before the film was finally released.
ManA TIL that during filming of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone suffered bruised ribs and Carl Weathers a broken nose, the opposite of what their characters in the film recieved
Z8Ayo TIL that "blood rains" mentioned in the Old Testament and throughout religion are a natural phenomenon caused by spores of green microalgae and dust. Sometimes recurring frequently for up to a month, red rains have frequently been recorded in parts of southern India and Sri Lanka.