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TIL in World War 2, German POWs in America were shocked by how African Americans were treated. This was due to the prisoners working alongside them in the fields, allowing them to become closer over their shared labour.

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9YAJr TIL, Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such Nintendo games as Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda, has a hobby of guessing the measurements of objects, then checking to see if he was correct. He enjoys the hobby so much he carries a tape measure with him everywhere.
m1kBv TIL the province of Guangdong in southern China has 126 million people in an area smaller than the state of Missouri.
0g9y TIL Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s editor for the last 44 years, doesn’t read the script before she edits one of Martin Scorsese’s movies. This is done so she will have “a cold and objective point of view.” She has edited every one of Scorsese’s movies since “Raging Bull.” (item #23)
Vepk TIL nestled within the ubiquitous Law and Order “dun dun” sound effect, which combines roughly six to seven different sounds, is the sound of 500 Japanese men stomping their feet on a wooden floor
mZQp TIL A monkey paid for sex after learning how to use money.