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TIL that American movies are sped up by 4% for broadcast on most of the world’s TV stations

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x64gw TIL that Giovanni da Montecorvino was a 13th-century catholic missionary who, on orders of the pope, went on a journey to mongol-ruled China. There he translated the Bible into Mongolian, converted about 6000 people and was appointed "archbishop of Beijing" by the pope.
YpMeW TIL Olympus Mons on Mars, the tallest known mountain in the solar system, is so large at its base that an observer on its peak wouldn’t know he was standing on a mountain because its slope would be obscured by the curvature of the planet itself.
4kD5 TIL After being named America’s Safest Driving Teen, Michael Doucette fell asleep at the wheel and collided with an oncoming car, killing both himself and the other driver.
ydpJ TIL 24 yr old woman was sentenced to 20 months in jail for sending abusive Facebook messages to herself from fake profiles she made for her father and his wife
neveY TIL the Hitchcock film North By Northwest (1959) is regarded by some to be "the first James Bond film", due to its similarities with splashily colorful settings, secret agents, a femme fatale, and an elegant, wisecracking leading man opposite a sinister yet strangely charming villain