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TIL the original Spy Kids movie has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

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X0X9k TIL that Unicode uses elephants as a baseline comparison for cultural frequency when considering whether to add a new emoji
8eNE8 TIL the Association of German National Jews supported Hitler
KYknG TIL that John James Audubon once tricked fellow naturalist Constantine Rafinesque into publishing studies of made-up animals after Rafinesque destroyed his violin.
R51D1 TIL that prior to the release of The Omen (1976), the knowledge that 666 is the number of the Beast from the Book of Revelations was relatively obscure and had to be explained in the movie, which introduced this notion to the wider popular culture.
5okp TIL After the American Civil War, some 7,000 Confederates set sail for Brazil. Their Dixie-loving descendants represent one of the most curious cultures in the modern world.