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TIL when Groundhog Day was released, the Washington Post wrote that “‘Groundhog’ will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress”. In 2006, the film was selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress.

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al1L TIL The U.S. in 1899-1902 used Concentration camps, water cure and the destruction of crops to starve the Filipino population into submission costing up to 600.000 civilian deaths.
x6eow TIL artist M.I.A. began her career as a visual artist, moving into making music during her stint as the band Elastica's documentarian in 2000. She had previously designed the band's second album cover and directed the music video for their song "Mad Dog God Dam."
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