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TIL: In France, there is a law that movies cannot appear on streaming services until 3 YEARS after they've been shown in cinemas

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XlGX TIL debuting in 1979 as a one-time, 13-part series, “This Old House” was one of the earliest home improvement shows. It was initially controversial among building contractors, and the cast was afraid that they were giving away secrets of the building trades.
Lkyk9 TIL that there is a 25 foot replica Statue of Liberty in the river outside of Harrisburg, PA. It was erected as a prank in 1986, and was originally made of Venetian blinds and plywood. A local lawyer admitted his role in the prank 25 years later, “well after the statute of limitations had expired.”
joVn TIL the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t get color-specific masks until their first cartoon aired in 1988
AJaa TIL that one of the earliest stories featuring time travel is from a Japanese legend called Urashima Tarō. It is about a fisherman who stays in an undersea palace for 3 days,only to return home and find out that 300 years has passed.
aEmA TIL: In some Alpine countries, the Santa Claus character is accompanied by a devilish companion called Krampus, who murders naughty children by drowning them in a bathtub that he carries around with him