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TIL that the war scenes in the movie Saving Private Ryan was claimed by many WW2 veterans and historians to be the most accurate depiction of war in any war movie they’ve seen.

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p8Qb TIL a rape is likelier to result in pregnancy than an incident of consensual sex. That’s even after controlling for birth control and the woman’s age.
kO0o4 TIL the letter C in latin is always pronounced as a K. Famous names like Caesar was actually pronounced Kaesar and worlds like Circus is pronounced Kirkos.
R7YDQ TIL - Launched un 1955, the Marlboro Man campaign was most astonishing campaigns in the history of demand engineering. Marlboro went from 1 percent of sale to the fourth best selling brand.
9wVjQ TIL about Hum, Croatia which is the smallest town in the world. The town is smaller than a football field and has a population of just two dozen people. Even so, Hum has a museum, an inn, two churches, and even a unique liqueur called biska which can't be found anywhere else in the world.
oBX7W TIL Tchaikovsky, famous Russian classical composer, lived a life of tragedy. His mother died while he was in boarding school, his close friend died, his 13-year relationship ended, he had to keep his homosexuality private all his life, and he died a sudden death at 53 years old.