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TIL George Miller, director of the mad Max franchise also directed the Babe Franchise.

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d8aY7 TIL Texas is called The Lone Star State because when it was part of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas, its flag bore two gold stars in the middle. When Texas declared its independence from Mexico they "took" one of the stars with them and Coahuila kept the other one.
N788b TIL robbers in India robbed trains using 1 rupee coins. The coins were used to complete the signal circuit normally completed by train wheels to make the light go red and stop the train
1nLX TIL Leo Fender, the inventor of Fender Guitars never knew how to play the guitar
6Ev8W TIL of Henri Giraud, who escaped German captivity in World War I by pretending to be a circus performer, and AGAIN in World War II by scaling down a mountain fortress in his 60s.
mx8BO TIL American wine under 7% alcohol must display nutritional information, but wine above 7% alcohol does not have to