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Today I learned that the reason why animal shelters are full of huskies, is because of the TV show Game of Thrones. Everyone wanted their own real life dire Wolf, but then abandoned them after they realize how much work they are.

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l7PW5 TIL The screenwriter's plan in "Die Hard with a Vengeance", to break into the Federal Reserve and escape with the gold was so plausible he was questioned by the FBI. The FBI were said to have changed their security to account for it.
e0WNg TIL Cruise lines pay almost no taxes thanks to a maritime law loophole called "flags of convenience". Despite being headquartered in Miami, RCL and NCLH have all of their ships registered in the Bahamas. CCL has all of its ships registered in Panama.
ZbRB TIL 10 days into the shoot for The Wizard of Oz, Buddy Ebsen suffered a reaction to the aluminum powder makeup he wore; the powder he breathed in daily as it was applied had coated his lungs. Ebsen was hospitalized in critical condition. He was later put in an iron lung.
5YGXp TIL of Gergely Barki. In 2009 while watching Stuart Little with his daughter, he noticed a painting that had not been seen in public since 1928. After finding the painting and putting it in the right hands. It was auctioned off for $285,000
P1JQV TIL that 'The Great Gatsby' (novel) was originally titled 'Trimalchio in West Egg' by F. Scott Fitzgerald when it was first published. Trimalchio is a wealthy and extravagant character in 'Satyricon' (latin work believed to have been written in 1 CE) by Gaius Petronius.