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TIL in a scene in Swingers, sirens can be heard in the distance from the state troopers arriving to shut down filming, as the crew did not have a permit to shoot.

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jNlpQ TIL that Emmy Noether, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, described her doctoral thesis as "crap", despite it being well received
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4XZBX TIL Jon Bon Jovi wrote Blaze of Glory on a napkin while drinking in a bar with the cast of Young Guns
0d0Ov TIL that water can boil and freeze at the same time under the right conditions, known as the triple point, where all three phases—solid, liquid, and gas—coexist in perfect equilibrium at 0.01°C and 611.657 pascals.
w1BJ TIL Pokemon was banned in Turkey, because two children tried to imitate their favorite Pokemon and fly