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TIL the famous “shave and a haircut” door knock is morse code for “Attention” which is also the greeting used for code messages.

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J41m TIL “Hell’s Kitchen” is a neighborhood in Manhattan, NYC most likely named after 2 cops watching an Irish riot. The rookie said “this is hell,” and the veteran said, “It’s hotter. It’s Hell’s Kitchen.”
yQVZM TIL that on 1985 and on 1987, the then dictator of Burma (today Myanmar) Ne Win demonetised banknotes based on numerology (removing 50/100 kyat banknotes and adding 75/45/90 kyat banknotes without previous warning). The resulting economical instability led to a coup d'êtát on 1988.
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D6Rp TIL that Hayao Miyazaki only permitted an English adaptation of ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ on the condition that no part of the movie would be edited out, all names had to remain the same, the translation had to be as close to the original Japanese,& no part of the movie could be changed
b9AbZ TIL that sea urchins are devastating the US West Coast's vital kelp forests. Since 2014, their population has increased by 10,000%, and in Northern California, over 90% of the giant bull kelp forests have been destroyed. The "urchin barrens" that are left are killing off important fisheries.