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TIL of a movie called “Margaret” which was in post-production for so long that two of its main producers had died years before the film was finally released.

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1aW5d TIL that the German parliament building in Berlin called the 'Reichstag Dome' has a glass dome above it that people can walk on. It symbolizes the transparency of the German government and that the people are always above the government.

Bp7D TIL that in Tennessee a single felony drug conviction results in a lifetime ban from receiving food stamps. However, a person must defraud the food stamp program three times before they are banned for life and other felonies, such as murder, do not result in a lifetime ban from the program.

4Ke6 TIL there are several cases of foreign women visiting Dubai for business, being raped, and then being jailed when they report the rape.

QNGoL TIL: After Hurricane Katrina, the number of babies named Katrina dropped sharply. After 10 years the name Katrina was 83 percent less common

pYNWN TIL that if you hear "Stars and Stripes Forever" at a circus, you better run toward the exits. Circuses use the song as an way to alert employees that there's a disaster afoot, and they won't play the song at any other times.