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TIL that the first motion picture came through the technology of series photography by the British American photographer Eadweard Muybridge between 1872 and 1877.

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Z8d6Q TIL almost all Balinese people (men and women) are named one of just 4 names; Wayan, Made, Nyoman or Ketut. The name depends on the order of birth.
LkW5Z TIL Margaret Thatcher was reportedly more proud of being the first Prime Minister with a science degree than becoming the first woman.
oOaY TIL during the German occupation of France, Edith Piaf was allowed to perform for Nazis. As a reward, they allowed her to pose for photos with French prisoners. She forged the photos into identity papers for their escape plan
OKWY TIL that in 2008, Christopher Hitchens, then a supporter of waterboarding as a form of interrogation, was waterboarded, and quickly changed his point of view
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