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TIL that despite earning 11 Academy Award nominations in 1985, The Color Purple (1985) holds the record for the most Oscar-nominated movie without a win.

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XEE7R TIL that Yates County, New York is the third least populated county in the state.
p8GrA TIL women in Ontario are allowed to be topless in public, especially on the streets of Toronto
ne5GP TIL of Dingo Pictures, a German animation studio infamous for creating traditionally-animated cartoons plagiarizing the works of Disney, Pixar, Don Bluth, and DreamWorks throughout the 90s and early 2000s
nWN8r TIL about the Shreveport Rate Case, a SCOTUS case that allowed the federal government to regulate intrastate commerce when it is needed to regulate interstate commerce. It was brought against an interstate railway that charged shipping rates that favored Texan cities, a policy mandated by the state.
x6ZZ1 TIL that the natural “wobble” of film as it passes through a camera or projector is called “gate weave”