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TIL George Romero was slotted to be the original director of the It miniseries.

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mnBO TIL that Catalan activist Enric Duran took out 68 loans from a total of 39 banks between 2006-2008, with no collateral, and no intention of repaying, and used the money to finance activist movements, as an act of ‘financial civil disobedience’
PYlKJ TIL that "Dora the Explorer" is a pun on the Spanish word for explorer: "exploradora"
yQl7J TIL that a French town honored a toilet as a war hero for over 25 years. The town's mayor showed General Patton a grave in 1917, unaware that it said 'Abandoned Rear', meaning a latrine. When Patton came back during World War 2, the latrine was still being maintained as a hero's grave.
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