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TIL that This Is Spinal Tap (1984) is the only movie on IMDb that is rated out of 11 instead of 10 all because of a running joke in the movie

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1RMV TIL people are using Google Maps to make other people aware of dangerous landmine fields in Kosovo
x7k TIL there is an island in Puerto Rico inhabited exclusively by a few scientists and over 800 monkeys. It is a grand experiment that is off-limits to tourists. It is called Monkey Island.
QO7d TIL President Jefferson delayed a state dinner for the Tunisian ambassador until after sunset to accommodate the ambassador’s observance of the Ramadan fast, in 1805
GAVgJ TIL that King George IV attempted to divorce his wife by Act of Parliament - neither he nor Queen Caroline would admit to adultery, so the bill would declare Caroline guilty
LnVP TIL that in the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards of fat