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TIL a documentary film called “My Kid Could Paint That”, which was supposed to be about a child painting prodigy, turned into an investigative piece when it turned out her parents were likely producing “her” artwork

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4K1o TIL that George Orwell coined the term “cold war” to describe the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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