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TIL that when Kubrick was researching for Dr. Strangelove, sexual metaphors for war came up so often that one of his consultants told a group of officers, "Gentlemen, you do not have a war plan. You have a Wargasm!"

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0wB1p TIL Katharine Hepburn is the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a relative. She was a direct descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who she portrayed in The Lion in Winter and won best actress. Eleanor had been dead for more than 750 years when Hepburn played her.
16KjO TIL a programming bug caused Mazda infotainment systems to brick whenever someone tried to play the podcast, 99% Invisible, because the software recognized "% I" as an instruction and not a string
4k676 TIL that when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, journalist Giovanna Chirri was the first to break the news as she was the only one to understand Latin. She recalls: "He said it in Latin and I was panicking. I was short of breath, my legs were trembling, it was a reaction to shock."
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Z8yGa TIL international students can attend for free all public colleges in Germany, Iceland, Norway and Finland; many have programs taught 100% in English; and the average tuition at colleges throughout Europe is $2,225/year.