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TIL that the Truman Show was originally a dark thriller which took place in a New York-style city. It took many drafts of the script to arrive at the comedy-drama that eventually made it to screen.

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WkxRY TIL Whataburger in Texas and What-A-Burger in Virginia opened about the same time in 1950 but didn't know of each other's existence until 1970. They both sued the other, but the court ruled that customers were not likely to be confused about whether the burgers served came from Texas or Virginia.
vPbkj TIL that the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, a regiment composed of Indian nationalist women, was created to attempt to overthrow the British Raj. It was one of the only all-women combat regiments during the Second World War.
Ooj07 TIL Morphogenesis, the math behind for example a giraffes spots or a zebras stripes. This theory coined by Turing found that these apparently random patterns have a mathematic order.
v1JeR TIL that in 1918, during WWI, the Germans protested the use of the Model 97 shotgun "trenchbroom" by the USA, arguing it violated the rules of the Hague Conventions. The Americans replied almost immediately that the protest was ironic coming from the guys using flamethrowers and poison gas.
pNOb TIL that the crusades were preceeded by the “muslim conquest” jihads against italy, including the muslim conquest of Sicily in 827 and the Arab raid against Rome (846). 200 years before the first crusade even happened.