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TIL that School House Rock and Jay-Z were simultaneously selected to be added to the Library of Congress National Registry.

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8ekaX TIL due to its intense graphic violence, Total Recall (1990) was originally given an X-rating. Several scenes were cut to secure an R-rating including Thumbelina stabbing Helm to death with a bowie knife, Richter's dissected arm & Quaid's ambush of the scientists upon fleeing the implant apparatus.
QbdE TIL: The President of the USA currently makes 20% the salary that the president in 1909 made in real terms and an all time record low salary for presidents of the US
eE46 TIL that the Hubble Space Telescope has collected more than 100 TB of data and generates 844 GB per month.
xVoK1 TIL that Buddhist monks are banned from reincarnating without government permission in China.
p8bWb TIL The National Hockey League doesn't own the Stanley Cup, it only has exclusive rights to award the Cup.