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TIL “The number you have dialed is not in service” was recorded by singer and voice actor, Jane Barbe, and heard by 300 million people per week

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N7b96 TIL: the Pre-Code Era of Hollywood when movies were not systematically censored by an oversight group. Along with featuring stronger female characters, these films examined female subject matters that would not be revisited until decades later in US films.
l7RAV TIL In 1988 Ivan McGuire, an experienced skydiver with 800 recorded dives jumped from the plane for his 3rd dive that day. He had his camera rig with him but completely forgot to equip a parachute rig, thus he jumped to his death from 10.000 feet. The camera footage of the fatal fall survived
1gnW TIL Speeding tickets in Finland are determined by the driver’s annual income and a man once received a $200,000 fine for driving 50 mph in a 25 mph zone.
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awGbA TIL male menstruation used to be a belief in some cultures where the Schistosoma parasites were endemic.