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TIL that Mozart used non sensical Latin while writing "Difficile lectu" to make two puns in German and Italian.

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X5GQ TIL That the opening scene in Starship Troopers, an infantry advertisment, was adapted shot for shot from a Nazi propaganda movie called Triumph of Will. The scene featured an outdoor rally of the militarized and indoctrinated german labour force, the Reichsarbeitsdienst.
4klA5 TIL at 58 that Pearl Jam’s Alive describes my own experience at 14—when my mom told me the man I thought was my father… wasn’t. Life changing experience, and here I heard this song countless times over the years.
nJ9B TIL Macaque monkeys in Japan have learned to steal money from purses and wallets so they can buy food from vending machines
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