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TIL the term "spoiler," meaning something revealing the ending or twist of a movie, was coined in 1971 by Doug Kenney of National Lampoon

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VK4k TIL that a 15-year-old did the same thing that Rosa Parks did 9 months earlier, but wasn’t iconized in part because she was too dark-skinned
YEwx TIL that an estimated 10-20% of the entire population of Mauritania is enslaved. It only became a crime in 2007.
GAJgG TIL a British short film about the dangers of paedophiles was presented by Rolf Harris who was later charged as a paedophile
wLnZ7 TIL that Monty Python sued ABC over their censorship of season 4 of their show. ABC had cut punchlines and entire characters. The judge and jury watched two versions of a season 4 episode; a BBC one they laughed at, and an edited ABC one which no one laughed at. The judge ruled in ABC’s favour.
oRkjY TIL the Police Academy franchise has produced not one, not two, but four movies with a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The final film, Mission to Moscow, only earned $126,247 against a $10 million budget.