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TIL about the unmade movie ATUK which has been in development since the 80s. The film is often considered cursed because on 6 different occasions the actor offered the lead role died unexpectedly. These include John Belushi, John Candy and even Chris Farley

by whatilearned February 16, 2023, 7:17 pm

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TIL that the Game Boy’s anti-piracy protection is legal and not technical : games had to include a copy of Nintendo’s logo which the console will check in order to launch the game. In case of unauthorised cartridges, Nintendo could make use of Copyright and Trademark laws to take legal action!

by whatilearned February 13, 2023, 11:32 am

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What is your favorite love song that does NOT include the word “love”?

by QuestionGuy February 9, 2023, 3:40 am

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TIL that the practice of growing flowers or crops on land that the gardeners do not have the legal right to use is called “Guerrilla Gardening”. Motivations include protest, food production, and urban beautification.

by whatilearned February 6, 2023, 11:34 pm

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TIL there’s a syndrome caused by brain injury which causes an obsession with gourmet foods. Symptoms include “Wanting to write, talk, eat, about refined foods”.

by whatilearned January 4, 2023, 9:08 pm

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TIL many Irish weddings include playing the song “Rock the Boat” which starts a group dance where everyone sits on the dance floor, legs splayed in a conga line pretending to row a boat

by whatilearned December 23, 2022, 1:58 pm

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TIL the Supreme Court established “the reindeer rule” determining that sufficient secular elements can counterbalance religious components in a public display, meaning that municipalities include reindeer in addition to religious holiday displays to avoid violating the First Amendment.

by whatilearned December 21, 2022, 2:26 pm

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TIL in 2008 Universal Studios had a vault fire that destroyed around 50,000 digital film archive and between 118000 and 175000 audio master tapes. Artist affected include Duke Ellington, Tupac and the Banana Splits

by whatilearned December 15, 2022, 2:23 am

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TIL although Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” has nothing to do with Christmas or winter, it has gradually been added to the Christmas Music repertoire because Britain’s Got Talent singer Susan Boyle decided to include it on her Christmas album in 2010

by whatilearned December 13, 2022, 8:11 pm

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TIL The humorist Alphonse Allais was one of the first to make monochromatic paintings. His works include ‘First Communion of Anemic Young Girls In The Snow’ (1883) and ‘Apoplectic Cardinals Harvesting Tomatoes on the Shore of the Red Sea’ (1884).

by whatilearned December 12, 2022, 11:43 am

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TIL The Stranger (1946) was the first Hollywood film to include footage of the Holocaust. The film’s director, Orson Welles, who saw footage at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in May 1945, described the newsreels as “putrefaction of the soul, a perfect spiritual garbage”

by whatilearned December 6, 2022, 1:56 pm

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TIL the White House has military social aides who’s jobs include everything from escorting dignitaries to providing a dance companion or small talk to lonely guests.

by whatilearned December 3, 2022, 7:33 pm

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