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TIL the Studio Ghibli Museum in Japan houses several short films that are exclusive and only available to watch there

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x7xw TIL the science fiction films ‘Contact’, 'The Fifth Element’, 'Gattaca’, 'Men in Black’, and 'Starship Troopers’, were all released in the same year, 1997
6K9J TIL that a cat named Simon served on a Royal Navy ship in 1949, and received a medal for raising morale, killing off a rat infestation and surviving cannon shells during his service. Hundreds attended his funeral when he died from infected wounds.
J1D4Q TIL that 10% of Japan's population is now aged 80 or older
Y9OB TIL a strategy that terrorists use to avoid having their emails tracked is for one terrorist to compose an email, save it as a draft, and have another terrorist log into the same account to read and delete the draft.
N7BRb TIL in 2013 a piece of landing gear from one of the 9/11 flights was found wedged between two buildings in NYC.