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TIL the movie "Lake Placid" is set at a place named "Lake Black". The only reference to 'placid' in the movie is the line: "they wanted to call it 'Lake Placid,' but somebody said that name was taken."

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E17Q7 TIL the anti drug program D.A.R.E. made a direct to video movie called "Kindergarten Ninja"
PYMow TIL (Adjusted for inflation) Germany's military Budget in WW2 at its peak was smaller than the Current US Budget by about 33%.
eMKE TIL that George Washington’s only military surrender was to the French.
8awKP TIL the nation of Bhutan uses Gross National Happiness (GNH) as their population’s development indicator rather than Gross Domestic Product. The concept is designed to encourage people to take more open approaches to progressive mindsets and personal wellbeing.
4Xe4X TIL of a woman known as Patient S.M, who has no amygdala, which is the part of the brain responsible for fear. As a result she is unable to feel fear or read negative social cues, and doesn't understand personal space. The only time she ever felt fear is when a test was held replicating suffocation.