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TIL that the first surviving full-length animated film played in cinemas was produced in the German Reich in 1926 and was directed by a woman - Lotte Reiniger

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6ro8 TIL Ulysses S. Grant wrote his memoirs after being commissioned by Mark Twain. After his presidency, Grant had lost all his savings to a shady investment partner, leaving his family nearly destitute. Grant died days after finishing, but sold over 300,000 copies and earned his family over $450,000.
awPXM TIL that the Alfred, formally known as the Black Prince, became the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag; the precursor to the Stars and Stripes that we know today. The flag was hoisted on the Delaware River by John Paul Jones and this event was documented in letters to Congress
OGoRX TIL The last living patient treated by Sigmund Freud was 88 in 2006 and credited him as "saving my life". She was a teenager in 1936 who "opened her heart to the therapist", recalling telling 80 year old Freud of reading erotic books and uncomfortable moments with her father
4kPaR TIL ‘Police Academy’ writer, Neal Israel, was once married to ‘Clueless’ director, Amy Heckerling, and they had a daughter named Molly. After DNA testing, it turns out Molly’s father was actually ‘Ghostbusters’ legend, Harold Ramis.
XE5rk TIL moonbows exist. They are rare, much fainter than rainbows and appear white to the human eyes, but are as colourful as normal rainbows.