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TIL, the U.S is considered by many military experts to be entirely un-invadable due to country's large size, infrastructure, diverse geography and climate

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LbLd TIL Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his $114 million earnings from the two sequels of The Matrix to the special effects and makeup staff. He is quoted as saying “Money is the last thing I think about. I could live on what I have already made for the next few centuries.”
xV8bk TIL The International Chopin Piano Competition has been held every five years since 1955. It is one of the few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer
N5V8 TIL that there is recorded evidence of a ‘clapping noise’ produced by the northern lights, proving folktales of the phenomenon true.
6M0Z TIL “not clapping hard enough” was one of the reasons Jang Sung-taek, former North Korean official, was executed for
D1aAY TIL the Normandy beach landing scene in the movie Saving Private Ryan alone cost $12 million. It involved up to 1,500 extras, partly consisting of Irish Reserve Defense Force members and was called the “best battle scenes of all time”