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TIL that the model for Snow White in the 1937 film is still alive today

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nW5L9 TIL Genghis Khan set up an institution that ensured complete religious freedom in the Mongol empire, though he himself was a Tengrist (religion originating from the Eurasian steppes)
KAQJ TIL Science fiction author Orson Scott Card called Serenity “the best science fiction film ever”, further stating “If Ender’s Game can’t be this kind of movie, and this good a movie, then I want it never to be made. I’d rather just watch Serenity again.”
7rMQO Til that Mr.Rogers basically saved all of pbs by speaking in front of congress about the importance of public access tv for kids learning
rND8x TIL Marcus Aurelius' decision to waive the imperial tax on the sale of gladiators was so popular that the transcript of the entire senate debate on the law was carved in stone across the empire, an expensive and thus unique undertaking. The tax break was estimated at 30-20 million sesterces a year
l06N TIL it snows on Mars