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TIL the foot-measuring tool ("Brannock Device") used by shoe stores was invented by Charles Brannock in 1927. He was advised to make it out of plastic so regular replacements would be needed, but he insisted on steel. Today, most Brannock Devices survive 10-15 years of daily use before wearing out.

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ooPE TIL Steven Spielberg refused to take a salary for making Schindlers List, & instead relinquished all profits to create a Holocaust Survivor’s charity. Fearing the low budget film would be a flop, the studio agreed to fund it only if he helped them with another project the same year - Jurassic Park.
l1aV TIL that the oldest existing and continually operating educational institution in the world is a university in Morocco (University of al-Karaouine)
1aDjV TIL that Karl Blossfeldt, an early pioneer in macro photography, captured astonishing images of plants and nature at 30x magnification in the 1920s.
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