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d8xdd TIL Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker was so violent for a PG-rated cartoon, which forced the studio to remove some scenes such as the stabbing of Batman, real death of Bonk and Joker,etc
Wk88o TIL the role of Hannibal Lecter was turned down by Sean Connery, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro & others. Silence of the Lambs would go on to be the 3rd film in history to win all "Big 5" Academy Awards & upon release in 1991 on VHS, became the most rented film in the United States.
BDvd TIL unmarried Iranian people who have sex or even date and hold hands can be arrested, fined, or flogged. Sigheh or temporary marriage is a loophole to this. People can marry for a few minutes or as long as 99 years.
VBMPZ TIL about Jane Kendeigh. She was a US Navy Flight Nurse, a specialist trained in aeromedical evacuation, survival, and evacuating patients from downed aircraft. She was the first nurse to land in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
9Yd1Q TIL that there are some pubs in England that are over 1000 years old.