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TIL 75% of all Silent Films Have Been Lost

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kOXg4 TIL that "Cult Toons", those crazy 'remixes' of Hanna-Barbera cartoons with blaxploitation and martial arts movies which were on Cartoon Network at the end of the 90s, were produced in the UK.
PglL TIL that Smith and Wesson agreed to work with the Clinton Administration to improve firearm safety. The ensuing NRA-led boycott nearly halved S&W’s sales and forced them to temporarily close two factories.
yQLVe TIL 10% of Florida's adult population are felons
oRa4r TIL of Dartitis, a genuine psychological condition where Darts players are unable to release their darts, with high profile darts players suffering from it
LkNJZ TIL that durning WW2, the US government begged housewives to not reuse bacon grease, but to turn it in. A pound of fat could make a pound of explosives for bombs. In the end, bacon helped defeat the Nazis.