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TIL that after DVD technology was developed, the first Hollywood feature-film chosen for release in that format was Twister (1996).

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wL6D8 TIL: The entire field of "Public Relations" in government was created as a way to continue wartime propaganda during times of peace.
Wkl6B TIL that there were two versions of the horror movie Dracula (1931) filmed at the same time. An English version (the Bela Lugosi classic) was filmed during the day and at night, a different set of actors filmed a Spanish version using the exact the same sets.
pY6WG TIL in 1965 part of the training to be Special Forces Medic in Vietnam included the Dog Lab at Fort Bragg where they had to shoot a Dog (The Patient) with a .22 (in the thigh) and then successfully treat the wound
neXdd TIL that Jeannette Rankin was the first women voted into the United States congress, famously before US women were allowed the right to vote. As of today, she remains the only woman Montana has elected to Congress.
jNy7E TIL Nikki Giovanni's only tattoo is "Thug Life".