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TIL That Brad Pitt is banned from entering China

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pVGG TIL that according to moderate estimates, the Romans possibly lost over 40,000 men in a single day at the Battle of Cannae (216 BC), which may have accounted for somewhere between 5 to 10 percent of the total Roman male population during the late 3rd century BC period.
GAQ8E TIL that Cristiano Ronaldo was named after Ronald Reagan, as his father was a big fan of the president.
oBL1A TIL: That most of the fake snow used in the 1980 Movie "The Shining" was repurposed from the ice planet Hoth scenes in "The Empire Strikes Back".
9YVYQ TIL in 2007, the Autralian Goverment spent $84 Million developing and launching an internet porn filter - only for it to be cracked by a 16 year-old student in less than 30 minutes. A second filter was released as a reaction, which was bypassed by the same teenager in 40 minutes.
JYg4Q TIL that despite having a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the first wave of landings at Utah Beach on D-Day, becoming the only general to land with his soldiers that day.