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TIL that the borders of 10 different municipalities converge at the summit of Mount Etna in Sicily

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4keGJ TIL in 1972, at the height of the Troubles, the Irish Republican Army allowed an American TV crew to film its members as they engaged in weapons training, patrols, gun battles and bombing missions across Northern Ireland.
lgDA TIL 18% of people in a high speed chase get away from police in Los Angelos
e0YD5 TIL the voice recordings of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," were completed in one day. The sophisticated dialogue meant phrases such as "eastern syndicate," were difficult for the young child actors to pronounce. Jefferson Airplane was recording next door and came over to get the children's autographs.
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kOp65 TIL In 2002, Steven Spielberg recieved a bachelors degree for completing a course on film and electronic arts at university. To pass the advanced filmmaking class exam, he submitted his own 1993 epic, 'Schindler's List'.