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TIL that for several years after the acclaimed 1974 film The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three came out, transit authorities would avoid having trains scheduled at 1:23.

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LkWLv TIL- 106-year-old Manoel de Oliveira was the oldest active film director until 2015. He began making movies during the silent era.
yQwkM TIL Before Roald Dahl became a famous author he served as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during WWII. He was also an intelligence office and rose to the rank of wing commander.
DvZV TIL: Winston Churchill suffered from severe depression which he referred to as his ‘black dog’, although others had used this metaphor before him.
WQJA TIL that Greece is worse off now than the US was in the peak of the Great Depression.
Lkyvd TIL that it is legal to consume any drug privately in Spain and that the Spanish rank amongst the highest in Europe for cocaine usage.