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TIL The Blues Brothers movie was not available in predominately white neighborhoods, for Mann Theaters. They didn’t think the movie would be successful with white audiences.

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OoYG1 TIL that city security cameras in San Francisco haven't deterred criminals from committing assaults, sex offenses or robberies, but it did reduce homicide within 250 ft of the camera, while increasing homicide by the same amount 250-500 ft away from the camera.
6vnw TIL mathematician, Per Enflo, solved Problem 153 in the “Scottish Book” in 1972, and was awarded a live goose as promised by Polish mathematician, Stansilaw Mazur, who posed the problem in 1936.
yxje TIL For every Navy Seal, there are ~1000 imposters who claim to have served in the US Navy Seals.(28:30 onwards)
X0AoR TIL that the 2010 FIFA world cup song "Waka Waka" by Shakira is actually based on a 1986 song "Zangaléwa", by Cameroonian band Golden Sounds, which was a hit not only across Africa but also in Colombia with the help of West African DJs where Shakira heard the tune when she was a child.
gMQM7 TIL a man named Braco who has not spoken publicly since 2002 has amassed thousands of followers for his gaze, which has supposedly healed all kinds of ailments. According to Braco his mentor was taken by a rogue wave after having taken off his jewelry.