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TIL US Senate Pages are not allowed to have cell phones or use the Internet for anything besides school

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QN4ok TIL that in 1926, during Prohibition, New York City enacted a law that banned dancing in all bars and restaurants that didn't have an expensive cabaret license. The law wasn't officially repealed until October 2017, 91 years later.
dD5R9 TIL that while filming Barry Lyndon in Ireland in 1974, director Stanley Kubrick received a phone call alleging that the IRA had him on a hit list and gave him 24 hours to leave the country. He left within 12 hours, with the film being only one-third completed.
lomyr TIL the modern doctors aren't required to take Hippocratic oath and can use modernized version or Declaration of Geneva or Oath of Maimonides
nenY TIL people still live in a pennsylvania city that has been on fire for over 50 years
4mo TIL Rockstar Games (Max Payne, GTA, etc) has purposely avoided making any First Person Shooters, claiming Max Payne 3 is the closest