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TIL The Simpsons Movie Is Banned In Burma Necause The Characters Are “Too Yellow”

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v1XWD TIL Ella Fitzgerald forgot a lyrics of the song she’s singing, but won a Grammy for her performance of improvising.
jNmoj TIL a customer asked Marco Pierre White if he could have chips with his lunch, White hand cut and personally cooked the chips, but charged the customer £25 for his time.
N5dJ TIL that after Hitler ordered the deportation of Denmarks Jewish population, Danish citizens organized a massive evacuation of the Jews to neutral Sweden, despite the risks. In the end, 99% of Danish Jews survived the Holocaust
bnn4 TIL a Japanese soldier who didn’t know a war had ended, hid in a jungle for 29 years killing people, and farmer’s pigs to survive. To get him to stop, his old commanding officer met him and ordered him to surrender.
GAgWj TIL. Before electricity, theaters would use heated calcium oxide (commonly known as quicklime), to illuminate their stages. This is where the phrase "in the limelight" comes from.