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TIL November 4th is national “Death to America” day in Iran, and it’s an official national holiday

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7rROX Today I learned of a phenomenon called Twin Films. Twin Films are films with the same, or very similar, plot produced or released at the same time by two different film studios. examples include, [Finding Nemo - Shark Tale], [Olympus has Fallen - White House down], [Churchill - Darkest Hour]
d8Yv8 TIL Naomi Watts' father, Peter, was a roadie for Pink Floyd, who died of a heroin overdose when she was 7. Pink Floyd provided financial support to the family.
5RLQ TIL a Malaysian women spent over a month in a box full of over 6,000 scorpions. She only got stung 7 times.
1a9b4 TIL when in 2015 Domino's was rolling out their Driver Tracker, they were considering having the app show "fun facts" about the delivery driver, such as their favorite sports teams and music they listen to on the way over.
mN6R TIL in 2006 the FBI convicted a crime family using evidence collected by remotely enabling the microphone on a cellphone. This is called a “roving bug.”