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TIL a Muslim woman has dedicated her life to watching over the Jewish museum in Morocco

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R75E1 TIL Akira Kurosawa attempted suicide in 1971 by slashing his throat. He had been unable to secure financing for his films, fired from a 20th Century Fox epic production, and considered by many as old-fashioned. His hardships continued until the mid 1980s when he made Ran, his last masterwork.
WGlo TIL that ancient Greek marble statues were not originally white. They were actually painted bright colours but the paint has worn off over thousands of years.
W0P4 TIL that the movie Scarface has won NO awards and has even been nominated for a Razzie.
dZkZ TIL Australia fought a war against their own Emus, and lost.
vrNB TIL that in Hong Kong, architects often design buildings with holes in them to allow dragons to pass through unobstructed on their journey to the ocean.