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J7xQ TIL that tuition to the University of California system in the 1960’s was completely free.
Jk48 TIL that to shoot the candlelight-only scenes in Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick used rare f/0.7 camera lenses manufactured by Carl Zeiss for NASA. Zeiss made only ten of the lenses; he sold three to Kubrick and six to NASA, who used them in the Apollo program to photograph the dark side of the moon.
AAX7 TIL that while in full swing in the US during the 50s, lobotomy was already banned in many countries including the Soviet Union which deemed the procedure contrary to the principles of humanity.
epayL TIL Jeremy Renner makes music and appears to have done so for years!
Zl6Q TIL that the Hindu god Shiva intends to destroy the universe with dance