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TIL The movie Crossfire (1947) was based on the book The Brick Foxhole (1945). The book focused on homophobia but the film was changed to focus on anti-semitism because the Hays Code prohibited homosexual content.

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DQdyY TIL the 2023 Canadian wildfires burned an area larger than approximately 55% of the combined land area of all EU countries (9,419,818 hectares)
Lk5Zm TIL scientists in 2005 placed dogs in suspended animation and brought them back to life. First they drained their blood and replaced it with a low-temperature solution. After three hours of clinical death, the dogs' blood was returned and their hearts were shocked, and the dogs came back to life.
5VK7B TIL Cuban baseball star Minnie Miñoso played two games long after his MLB career, once in 1993 (aged 69) and 2003 (likely aged 79), both with the St. Paul Saints of the International League.
D1yND TIL Bowling was originally done with 9 pins in America, until 9-pin bowling was banned; so 10-pin bowling was created as a loophole to keep the sport going
8evna TIL: Donnie Dunagan is a Marine major that served in Vietnam and led a boot camp for years before retiring in 1977. He is also the voice of Bambi in the 1942 classic movie.