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TIL that technology during the silent movie era forced actors to wear multi-colored makeup so the camera could capture their faces properly

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E1bOo TIL the NAACP for eighteen years flew a huge flag over its New York headquarters stating, “A Man Was Lynched Yesterday.” In the wake of the lynching of Jesse Washington.
kOwwm TIL when Apple finds underage workers in its suppliers’ factories they make the suppliers return the children to their homes, pay for their education and continue to provide income for basic needs until they reach the legal working age. After this, suppliers must offer them reemployment.
loRN TIL Gangster, Al Capone started one of the first Soup Kitchens during the Great Depression for the unemployed.
oRYN8 TIL all forms of paternity tests have been illegal in France unless ordered by court since 1994 because it has the potential of breaking up too many families
XEJZR TIL that fudge was popularized by rebellious women in the early days of women being able to attend college. They had strict curfews so they would rebel by holding late night snack parties in their dorms and secretly cooking fudge over gas lamps. It became a cliche that women's education = fudge.