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TIL that in 17th-century America some people who couldn't afford rugs would spread sand on their bare floors and drew designs in it with brooms.

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vdQR TIL that in the rest of the world, a “Yankee” is an American. In America, a “Yankee” is a Northerner. In the North, a “Yankee” is a New Englander. In New England, a “Yankee” is a Vermonter. And in Vermont, a “Yankee” is someone who eats pie for breakfast.
80G8 TIL That the “clap” from the clapperboard in television when the director yells “action!” is used to sync the audio with the video for that take.
nWLEo TIL the Millennium Falcon was built in Wales
4ZyJ TIL A 1963 Gallup poll found 60% of Americans opposed MLK’s march on Washington
M7eOa TIL about galalith, a synthetic plastic made by the interaction of casein (found in milk) and formaldehyde invented in the 1920s to replace materials such as ivory or horn