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TIL the reason that movies are in 24 frames per second is .... SOUND!

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WkNbL TIL a man found a copy of the declaration of independence in an old picture frame he bought for $4 at a yard sale. It turned out to be a first print from the 4th July 1776. It later sold for $2.42 million, then $8.14 million.
6axY TIL the Roman Empire typically avoided using slave rowers, instead preferring freemen, because they were more motivated.
ojxL TIL Bill Murray was apparently forced to promote the new Ghostbusters movie under threat of lawsuit (according to leaked Sony emails)
nWPgW TIL that Tom Hanks voiced six characters in The Polar Express.
gyyy TIL that Frank Zappa once got on stage during a Velvet Underground show, atonally played the keyboard, and shouted the names of random vegetables for a minute. Then he walked off stage and the show continued normally