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TIL California has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states, only 27 of which are serious.

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R5ly4 TIL standard greetings likely evolved from handshaking to hierarchical bowing to handshaking, against which a French society was formed to abolish 'le shake-hands' as a vulgar English innovation
xVwWb TIL that the creators of the US state north of Oregon were originally planning to name it Columbia, but were concerned it would be confused with the District of Columbia. So they named it Washington instead.
QJwDX TIL Taxi Driver (1976) was made with a low budget of only $1.9 million. Robert De Niro & Cybill Shepherd received only $35k for the film while Scorsese received only $65k. Despite the low budget, it went on to receive 4 nominations at the 1977 Academy Awards.
EBQW TIL that an autistic artist drew the entire New York skyline from memory after a 20 minute helicopter ride.
LgYr TIL Toy Story 2 was accidentally deleted