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TIL that since 1935, A Christmas Carol has been remade and adapted over 60 times.

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Zmlv TIL that five years after Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar, Danny Boyle still goes to India once a year to check in on the child actors.
bn4E TIL a company was making a pill that prevented ejaculations but kept orgasms and helped prevent HIV but development is in hiatus bc of lack of funds
wZl6 TIL during the Cold War, the C.I.A. made a pornographic video featuring a lookalike of the Indonesian President in an attempt to discredit him, including the designing of a full-face mask resembling the President
5Nnn TIL that Charles Darwin was one of the first scientists to demonstrate the effects of inbreeding depression, with his own children. Darwin’s wife was his first cousin.
exr6 TIL The Six Californias Initiative seeks to divide California into six states. If it qualifies for the ballot and is approved by the state’s voters in November, the US Congress will officially divide California into six separate states.