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TIL that in the 1940s the FBI considered the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” to be communist propaganda due to its supposed subversive anti-capitalist/banking themes.

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VBlW8 TIL of Rithmomachia, a complex medieval game similar to Chess, based on arithmetic.
1a4mV TIL that sleeping on the job, while frowned upon in many countries, is socially accepted in Japan
7rjwb TIL humane ways of killing squirrels in California include drowning, freezing and bludgeoning with a hammer.
PPZZ TIL that to unintentionally mimic the accent of someone they are talking to, if they have a different accent, is a normal human trait. Psychologists believe it comes from an inbuilt urge to empathise and affiliate with the person you are talking to.
BXWk TIL remains found in a peat bog in Florida in 1982 are over 8000 years old - predating the Pyramids by 3500 years.