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TIL 3.4 million copies of the animated Disney movie, The Rescuers, was recalled in 1999 because it contained two frames where there was a naked woman in the background.

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ZpXQY TIL: People paid to have their mail delivered to them until March 3rd, 1863 when the US Congress established free mail delivery to cities. New York City delivered residential mail 4 times daily until 1940. NYC reduced residential mail delivery to once daily (due to high costs) in 1950.
oB4Yo TIL soon after US President Andrew Jackson was elected, he was given a 630kg (1,400lb) block of cheese from Oswego(NY). Jackson kept this cheese in the White House for his entire term, leaving the home smelling of 4 year old cheese for months after he was replaced by Martin Van Buren in 1837.
Oowg7 “An untrained person has around five litres of blood, typically around 50 - 75ml per kilo — five to seven per cent — of body mass. A world-class endurance athlete can have two or three litres more in total, and as much as 150ml per kilo — 15 per cent — of body mass."
xEwB TIL: A California anti-crime law had the unintended effect of pushing the most violent criminals to Nevada and Arizona
epjvb TIL In 1983, it was announced on radio that the hard to find Cabbage Patch Dolls would be dropped from a plane at County Stadium. People just needed to hold up a catcher’s mitt and their credit card, to be photographed by the plane. 20-30 people fell for the prank and showed up at the stadium.