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TIL that Stanley Kubrick was interested in directing a film adaption of Arthur C Clark’s Childhoods End, but the rights were already taken, so he ended up collaborating with Clark on expanding a short story, The Sentinel into what became 2001: A Space Odyssey

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9wVjQ TIL about Hum, Croatia which is the smallest town in the world. The town is smaller than a football field and has a population of just two dozen people. Even so, Hum has a museum, an inn, two churches, and even a unique liqueur called biska which can't be found anywhere else in the world.
AeLl TIL that a furious riot that killed upwards of thirty thousand people in ancient Rome was started when a Roman soldier bared his rear and farted toward an audience of Jews celebrating Passover. This is also considered by many to be the first recorded “mooning”.
XEKer TIL when Radovan Karadžić went into hiding, he became Dr. Dabić. He lost 20 kilos. He grew a long white beard, changed his accent and was living in the open and working as a healer. He even went on TV shows without anyone knowing that he was the most wanted war criminal from the former Yugoslavia
MeeGW TIL that in 1958, a man decided to name his son "Winner". Three years later, he had another son who he named "Loser". "Winner" became a hardened criminal and "Loser" became a detective.
nj7W TIL that scientists don’t know why hot water freezes faster than cold water, and earlier this year The Royal Society of Chemistry offered £1,000 for a member of the public to come up with a convincing explanation for the phenomenon.