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l7gZB TIL of "Protected view" which is the legal requirement within urban planning to preserve the view of a specific place or historic building from another location. Like the the St Paul's Cathedral in London where high-rise development is restricted at certain sites if it would obstruct the view of it.
MermV TIL That Oscar the Grouch was originally orange in the 1st season of Sesame Street, his change to green in the second season was explained in show as the result of him visiting a swamp.
4XQGo TIL American Humane - source for "No Animals Were Harmed" disclaimers - were not contractually required to monitor movies until after the release of the 1980 movie "Heaven's Gate". The reports of animal cruelty, including a horse blown up by dynamite, prompted the Screen Actors Guild requirement.
XE9W8 TIL that women and children first was never the standard. And that the survival of so many women and children by the sinking of titanic was an outlier
a8AZ9 TIL that King Alfonso XIII of Spain,was known as "the Playboy king"and considered the pioneer of pornographic cinema in Spain.He commissioned pornographic films considered immoral and degenerate, including sexual relationships involving Catholic priests, and his passion "women with enormous breasts"