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TIL that a kid’s fantasy movie called “Warriors of Virtue” was so bad, it actually made a critic vomit during the initial screening.

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JdZ8 TIL That after being mistaken for dead, dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel was shocked to read his obituaries, one of which dubbed him “The Merchant of Death”. He thought to redeem himself by donating his wealth in trust to celebrate life achievements. The Nobel Prize
gL07 TIL in 1980 a 10 year-old became the youngest librarian in the US after petitioning his mayor for a local library. Starting with 2,000 books he collected himself, his library climbed to 17k books by 1985 after his story was featured across the country including The Tonight Show and Reading Rainbow.
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B00y TIL that Jews and Christians are considered “protected minorities” in Iran, and have seats reserved for them in the Iranian Parliament.