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TIL: Ancient Romans wore socks with sandals

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LoYv TIL that the OSS director once showcased the then newly invented gun silencer to president Franklin D. Roosevelt by shooting 10 rounds at a sandbag in the oval office without Roosevelt noticing, and then handing him the smoking gun.
xrPo TIL that Raging Bull was shot in black and white for no artistic purpose; it was just because lighting equipment for shooting in color would be too expensive.
RlOw TIL that John Hughes wrote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in less than a week and went on to shoot the film on what was essentially his first draft of the script.
b6OXE TIL that a thousand years ago Sweden had a guy whose job was to have ALL of the law memorized. He was called the Lawspeaker.
yV7MX TIL 1/3 of reproductive age women are iron deficient