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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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awmON TIL that Ulithi, an isolated Pacific atoll used by the US Navy as a forward base during WWII, was for seven months the largest and most active anchorage in the world. At its height in the run-up to the invasion of Okinawa, more than 700 ships were anchored in its lagoon.
R5Dew TIL that the Super Bowl is the second largest event for American food consumption, just behind Thanksgiving dinner.
woJO1 TIL that AI is making the Dead Internet Theory more than just a theory.
d885K TIL that this parasite severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue causing it to fall out. The parasite then becomes the fish’s new tongue.
BgBQy TIL "Universal Binaries" for Darwin work on both Apple M1/2/3 chips and Intel chips