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TIL: The Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act was passed in 1974, specifically to prevent Richard Nixon from destroying records. In 1978 the Presidential Records Act was passed to apply to all future presidents.

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6ERnw TIL that since 1956, Paris is exclusively and reciprocally twinned only with Rome. "Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris"
eKB6 TIL in 1978, the USS Stein was found to have been attacked by a squid. The ship’s hull suffered cuts over 8% of its surface. From one particularly complete imprint they discovered that the squid was significantly larger than any species of squid that had been discovered at the time.
yV8Ea TIL that Technicolor movies were filmed on three rolls of film with the image split using a prism into three color images. Each film roll was then developed and dyed a complimentary primary color and then the three rolls were laminated together to create a full color roll of film
6E0Gl TIL even though he's one of the most famous people in the US, Tom Brady is not known as much in other parts of the world. When Tom Brady won his fourth Super Bowl, a Brazilian newspaper reported it as "Gisele Bündchen's husband wins Super Bowl".
NEoe TIL in 1998, a woman disappeared while awaiting trial after she had drunkenly killed a woman in a fatal car crash. In 2013, she was arrested in Manitoba, Canada after bragging in a bar about having gotten away with the crime.