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TIL that only 12 people ever saw the full version of a movie considered one of the greatest of all time, "Greed"

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VBlEZ TIL Lucuis Quinctius Cincinnatus was voted dictator during a desperate war with the Aequi around 458 BC. He assumed complete control of the state, achieved victory in 16 days, relinquished his powers and returned to his farm. He may have been appointed dictator again to suppress an "uprising of the
GAXBG TIL of the Braess paradox wherein overall traffic flow through a road network may decrease when more roads are added.
L9Md TIL that David Bowie holds the world record for number of music video plays over a 24-hour period with 51 million plays, occurring January 11th, 2016, the day after his death.
aNJb TIL that Todd Howard is one of the only developers to create four Game of the Year winners in a row with Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Skyrim
nAd7 TIL of Missing White Woman Syndrome - the phenomenon of the media’s extensive cover on missing upper middle class white women who disappear compared to missing men, women of color or lower class