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TIL in 2001 Shrek premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was the first animated film to compete since 1953.

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aw7bM TIL that when news spread of Bonnie and Clyde’s death, a large crowd gathered around the car trying to steal souvenirs. Lockets of Bonnies hair and strips of her dress were taken. There were also attempts to cut off Clyde’s fingers and ear.
P78V TIL that Germans killed an estimated 1.9 million non-Jewish Polish civilians in concentration camps
QxbM TIL that there used to be a “Mrs. America” pageant in which contestants were judged on cooking, sewing, ironing, and party preparation skills.
MepaB TIL people can genuinely lie without knowing it due to ‘Confabulation’: the production or creation of false memories without the intent to deceive, sometimes called "honest lying."
paw8 TIL Lincoln, NE was named after Abraham Lincoln as a ploy to keep Nebraska’s capital as Omaha. Many people in Nebraska had been sympathetic to the Confederate cause and it was assumed that the legislature would not change the capital if the new capital were named after Abraham Lincoln