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R7EY8 TIL that footage is called footage because film used to be measured in feet.
v1B4B TIL that In 2011, S.N.C.F., the French state railway company, apologized to victims of the Holocaust after lawmakers in the United States moved to block it from winning contracts there if the firm did not acknowledge its role in the shipping of Jews to death camps.
9YJ7G TIL there is a fear of cartoon characters, and it has a name: Kyrofelonoshophobia
wodZE TIL In 1958, a woman who had a 34in bust and a 25in waist was considered a Size 12. In 2015, a Size 12 meant a 39in bust and a 32in waist.
bjZa TIL that Andy Warhol would go into hair salons to get his wig cut, then the next month he would come back to the salon in a longer wig and act like his wig had grown.