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TIL that "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega is the restaurant from Seinfeld

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wLo97 TIL that in many American movies, the directors often edit out many of the hits, if not all during fight scenes, and that in Hong Kong cinema, especially Jackie Chan movies, they show the hit twice.
Z8GMY TIL McDonalds lost their Big Mac trademark in the European Union after a legal battle with the Supermac's fast food chain in Ireland.
XE7P8 TIL in 1900 three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared from the lighthouse on Eilian Mor, an island north of Scotland. Their logbook indicated they were frightened by a storm that hit on December 12th, but all other reports in the area stated the weather was clear that day
rpmd TIL that Grand Budapest Hotel was shot at 1.37, 1.85 and 2.35:1 to inform the viewer where he is in the timeline, which alternates between 1985, 1968 and the 1930s.
PYrEe TIL that Queen Victoria was irritated at being, as a mere Queen, notionally inferior to her daughter Princess Victoria, who was the wife of the reigning German Emperor and hence an Empress - so the British government created for her the title of Empress of India