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TIL of the film '100 Years', written by and starring John Malkovich, which is due to be released on 18th November 2115. The film is kept in a high-tech, bulletproof glass safe in Cognac, France. It's tagline is "The Movie You Will Never See".

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P1KeZ TIL Debra Houston set the record for world's oldest soap box derby racer at 59 when she competed at the Soap Box Derby National Championships. At first she just wanted to sign up her grandkids to a racing league to get them out of the house but was urged to race due to her small height and weight.
8vbK TIL that allied forces burned far more books than the Nazis to denazify Germany and other occupied states.
4XYka TIL that whilst he ultimately lost the 1896 Presidential Election, 36 year old William Jennings Bryan became the youngest person in American History to win an electoral vote, winning 176 of the 447 Electoral Votes at the time.
x4b5 TIL Violent crime in the US and Europe was at its highest in areas with the most lead pollution. Violent crime peaked 20 years after lead additives in petrol and paint were banned, before declining thereafter.
jMxn TIL that there are no skyscrapers in Los Angeles with spires or antennas on top because the local building code requires all buildings over 75 ft have an emergency helipad