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TIL that the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie Smart House was directed by LeVar Burton (Geordie La Forge on Star Trek: TNG)

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Jrlv TIL that the term “hipster” originated in the 1940s, and was used to describe jazz afficionados, characterized by their “dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes.”
0doRy TIL that Queen Elizabeth II's reign spanned 179 Prime Ministers
vyaR TIL Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs
0g7A TIL During WWII more people were killed building V2 rockets than were killed by the rockets themselves
p8AVO TIL that Moldova is the poorest in Europe in per capita terms, but the country has a well-established wine industry. Mileștii Mici is the home of the largest wine cellar in the world. It stretches for 200 km and holds almost 2 million bottles of wine.