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TIL one of flags of Six Flags represents the Confederacy

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epZDE TIL Muhammad Ali dedicated his defeat of Joe Frazier in the 1975 boxing heavyweight championship to one of his favorite actors, Christopher Lee, best known at the time for playing Dracula & Bond villain Scaramanga
R7anw TIL that the "The NeverEnding Story" movie, despite having german producers, a german director and german screenplay authors and being based on a german book, shot mostly in Germany and released in Germany before the US, still was produced in English and features almost exclusively american actors.
9Gy6 TIL that Abraham Lincoln was challenged to, and accepted a duel. It ended abruptly due to Lincoln’s height intimidating his opponent.
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