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TIL It is now possible to navigate a houseboat from Paris to Moscow

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wowe8 TIL the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) was banned from Poland because censors felt it was "pro-German". Ironically enough it was also banned in Nazi Germany for being "anti-German"
kJ8ZW TIL that the movie "The Last Time I Saw Paris" accidentally entered the public domain 10 years early because its copyright notice used Roman numerals improperly: it came out in 1954 (MCMLIV), but there was an extra X in the notice, so it was mistakenly assumed that it came out in 1944 (MCMXLIV).
wLRkP TIl that 46 BC was 445 days long and is the longest year in human history.
m89M TIL that the A5 Processor for Apple’s iPhone and iPad is actually manufactured by Samsung.
loOnK TIL of the durian, an Asian fruit. Depending on their genetics, people perceive the fruit as either sweet and delicious, while others find is nauseating. One writer described it as smelling like "pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock."