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Today I learned that the Library of Congress added, “Spy Kids” (2001) into their national film registry as a, “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” movie.

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wLE4J TIL that the largest, oldest Douglas Fir trees are real life "mother trees" from the movie Avatar - they send nutrients via soil fungi to the smaller trees around them, and they favor the seedlings that are their own offspring
kOdXB TIL Fred Phelps was excommunicated from Westboro Baptist Church before his death for having a change of heart about his religious beliefs and acknowledging the "Equality House," a local LGBT support organization, as "good people."
x69d1 TIL according to Rotten Tomatoes, the worst movie ever is the 2001 action flick “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever,” called “startlingly inept” and “without a hint of wit [or] coherence”
XyVD TIL that the little people that played Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz had drunken orgies in the hotel where they were staying, with an unholy assembly of pimps, hookers and gamblers. They needed police on about every floor to contain them.
J7al TIL The Chilling Effect - If a society knows that they are constantly being monitored, it effects imagination and innovation and eventually the society reaches a point of stagnation