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TIL the reason soap operas look so different compared to most media is because they are shot in 60fps (hence the “soap opera effect”).

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ZvZD TIL that in Denmark, it is illegal to burn foreign flags but not the Danish flag.
QJpJL TIL a 1998 space simulation experiment put 7 men and a woman in a replica of the space station Mir for several months. After 110 days, the drunken space commander had assaulted the female researcher, threatened to murder another, and one participant fled the experiment early.
bABp TIL Bulletproof vests expire, and most police officers replace their vests every 5 years.
KYKD4 TIL the great grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt wanted a racetrack for the Vanderbilt cup, the first major racing cup. The cup used to race on residential roads but two spectators were killed so he built the Long Island Motor Parkway but before long 2 riding mechanics were killed so racing was banned
rPLe TIL: Of the U.S. false flag operation called Operation Northwoods, it was meant to justify war with Cuba by attacking our own country.