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TIL that the Leaning Tower of Pisa is in fact completely hollow inside

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5YkXr TIL Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was written by Johnny Marks, a Jewish man who based the story on his own childhood and struggles as a small and shy underdog
Yn5A TIL Affirmative Action is referred to as “Positive Discrimination” in the UK
8LBZ TIL that in 1921, 300 affluent black people were massacred when white people rioted and razed “Black Wall Street” - Greenwood, Tulsa.
1a5eV TIL there is a town in China completely focused on mass-production of oil paintings, where for example a single artist made 400 replicas of the same painting, and Wal-Mart alone orders thousands of paintings each month
7rZ5M TIL the first movie in color was made already in 1902, the earliest color moving images ever made pre-dating 'Kinemacolor' by eight years. A British cinematographer, Edward Turner's footage of his children was found in a discovery in The National Media Museum in Bradford.