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TIL that after Terry Jones filmed the 1996 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" with live actors, the US distributor essentially ignored it. Eventually, Jones heard that the film was being shown in 1 US cinema; when he went there, he found out that it was a pornographic cinema.

N7PVb TIL that the oldest unopened Wine Bottle is +1650 years old
kP1e TIL Jews arrived in India 2500 years ago and unlike many parts of the world, Jews have historically lived in India without any instances of antisemitism from the local majority populace.
78ZwO TIL in 1951, 600 British soldiers were getting overwhelmed by 30,000 Chinese soldiers. Brig Tom Brodie told his American Superior "Things are a bit sticky, sir." Because of the understatement, the General assumed they were holding up and sent no help. Almost all the soldiers were captured or killed.
X0JGE TIL While the Pope resided in Viterbo in 1377 a Cardinal's retainer tried to bathe his little dog in a fountain. The woman in line behind him complained loudly, which escalated to a brawl and then a full revolt, resulting in several dead, including the woman, as well as many destroyed buildings
v1AJD TIL that The Flaming Lips have to pay half of all royalties for the song ‘Fight Test’ to Yusuf Islam after he sued them for ripping off his ‘Father and Son’. Despite the songs’ striking similarity, Lips’ frontman Wayne Coynes said it was unintended and he only realised when his producer heard it