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TIL When Prince released “1999”, 1999 was as far in the future as it now is in the past (16.3 years).

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7arx TIL Pixar flew a rep out to a 10 year-old girl’s home with a DVD copy of ‘Up’ before it was released because it was her dying wish to see the film. She died 7 hours later.
neAKr TIL: Chickens will sometimes eat their own eggs and have to be actively discouraged from this behaviour, before they acquire a “taste” for them.
LQxav TIL Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists. Today it is used to describe those who uphold the legacies of leaders such as Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong.
LyLr TIL all copies of the film “Nosferatu” were ordered burned by a court due to a lawsuit from the heirs of Bram Stoker, who said the film was an unauthorized adaption of “Dracula” (it was). However, one copy survived the purge, and the film is recognized today as a masterpiece of horror in film.
kOWWd TIL of a remarkable pigeon, named Cher Ami. That little bird became one of the greatest heroes of World War I