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TIL Avatar's infamous "sex scene" wasn't part of the original Theatrical Cut

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oRO6R TIL a black pharaohess defeated the Roman Empire army and buried the head of emperor Augustus in her backyard
VBJEG TIL Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier from World War 2, was initially turned down from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for being underweight and underage. He was finally able to enlist after his sister falsified documentation. He ended up playing himself in a movie about him
eplaL TIL that if you want to send mail from Australia to the North Pole, you use the 9999 postcode from Victoria Australia.
4eQJ TIL more civilians died in China due to crimes against humanity than in Germany and Poland combined.
0wK6v TIL that after the Six Day War, Egypt closed down the Suez Canal in 1967 with 15 ships still on it. They remained stuck there for eight years, with the boat crew members forming the Great Bitter Lake Association. The GBLA had social clubs, its own version of an Olympics, and even stamps.