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TIL no animated film has ever been three or more hours long

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pYAJA TIL that despite being besieged virtually continuously through more than three years of civil war, Plymouth never fell to the enemy.
yQP5X TIL the world's largest dam is so big that NASA scientists calculated that shift of water mass stored by the dams would slow down earth's rotation and increase the length of the earth's day by 0.06 microseconds.
nWAo TIL In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102, which outlawed the private ownership of gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates by American citizens, forcing them to sell these to the Federal Reserve.
4XWp6 TIL that "spousal privilege", which prevents spouses from testifying against each other in a court of law, was abolished in New Mexico on August 30, 2019. As a result, New Mexico is now the only state where spouses lack any protections for confidential statements made during their marriage.
xVwXg TIL Mohammed Ali requested that his star on the Hollywood walk of fame be placed on a wall, instead of the ground. He didn't want people stepping on his name. He was the only celebrity with this privilege.