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TIL that early hunter-gatherer societies enjoyed more leisure time than is permitted by capitalist and agrarian societies

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m0RY TIL that Steve Young continues to earn millions of dollars from a contract to play QB for a team and league that hasn’t existed in nearly 30 years.
yV8Ea TIL that Technicolor movies were filmed on three rolls of film with the image split using a prism into three color images. Each film roll was then developed and dyed a complimentary primary color and then the three rolls were laminated together to create a full color roll of film
Na78 Til in 1999, the TV, lighting & sound cables for Greenwich Park’s ‘Millennium Pop Concert’ were laid by trained ferrets because it was impossible to use rods to push the cables through the tiny underground tunnels.
r0Q4 TIL Take This Lollipop is an interactive film which accesses viewer’s Facebook profile and locates the viewer’s home from data in profile. It depicts the dangers in posting too much personal info on the Internet. Information gathered is then deleted which makes the film different for each viewer.
epmAL TIL actor Henry Winkler did not actually know how to ride a motorcycle while starring on "Happy Days".