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TIL If you are feeling lonely in Japan, you can rent a Japanese middle-aged man for $10 an hour

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d8d9d TIL that Charlie Chaplin's first speaking role was the last 5 minutes of The Great Dictator, a parody film about Hitler. It was banned in Germany and its supporting countries during WWll.
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