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TIL “Casablanca” was released in Germany in 1952 with all references to Nazis and the war removed. The dubbed cut ran 25 minutes shorter.

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1D17 TIL that there are 14 people in the world with ‘keys’ to internet worldwide security ( 7 primary keepers, 7 back-up). They serve as a last-resort measure to reconstruct the system if something calamitous were to happen to the internet.
dDy4K TIL Kamikazes were the most effective anti-ship weapon in history: 100% of the ships attacked by at least two kamikazes were forced to go for repairs
oRmbR TIL According to North Korean state media, Kim Jong II was born under a double rainbow on a sacred mountain. And before his death, the skies glowed red and Mount Paektu and the impenetrable sheet of ice at the heart of the volcano cracked.
mx8DP TIL that Joseph Christopher (.22-Calibre Killer) attempted to admit himself in a psychiatric center weeks before his killing spree but was deferred to counseling instead.
e0jJb TIL even though Canada has converted to the metric system, many things such as height, weight, floor area of houses, and more are still measured in imperial units