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TIL the U.S. Census Bureau removed Central and South American as options, because people from the Midwest and the South would mistakenly pick them.

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m105o TIL that Mary Shelley, author of the foundational science fiction work "Frankenstein", was also the daughter of legendary women's rights activist Mary Wollstonecraft.
wolyM TIL Thomas Edison created the first ever film studio, "The black maria", which could rotate so that it could always catch the best lighting. There, they shot "The kiss" (1898) which contained the first on-screen kiss, which caused a demand for the first ever film industry censorship.
N5aN TIL they are building a 65,000 seat floating stadium like a cruise ship that can be moved to different oceanside locations
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