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TIL There is An Annual Wife-Carrying Contest in Finland called Eukankanto, Where The Reward is The Wife’s Weight in Beer

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dDXEZ TIL that the 1983 film 'Scarface' is actually a remake of a 1932 feature of the same name. Both are based on a 1929 novel.
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