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TIL Dwarf-tossing in establishments that sell liquor is illegal in Florida

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bLjQ TIL that the President of Ecuador offered to let the U.S. keep an airbase in his country, but only if Ecuador could have a base in Miami.
v1WGx TIL Edgar Wright, the director of Hot Fuzz, used to work at the supermarket featured in the shootout in the film. Wright also has a brief cameo as an employee in an earlier scene.
5VoGk TIL That a group of Carmelite monks in Wyoming are building themselves a gothic monastery using 3D design software and stone-carving robots
QJ5Xe TIL Moustapha Akkad produced the Halloween franchise. One of the few Syrians to reach international stardom as a producer and director in Hollywood. Akkad and his daughter, Rima, tragically died in the 2005 Amman bombings.
m1jDp TIL that before running the length of Africa, Russ Cook was the first person to run from Asia to London as well holding the record for the fastest marathon completed whilst pulling a car.