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TIL that the silent horror film “The Unknown” (1927) was missing for many years in the archives of Cinematheque Francaise because they had hundreds of film cans marked “unknown”.

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nWAo TIL In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102, which outlawed the private ownership of gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates by American citizens, forcing them to sell these to the Federal Reserve.
XEKDX TIL while promoting Astro Boy during his visit to The United States in 1964. Osamu Tezuka was able to meet Walt Disney on opening day of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Tezuka and Walt briefly discussed about working on a movie together, but the plan quickly fell through after Walt's death in 1966.
78ekM TIL the War of the League of Cambrai (1508-1516) began as France & the Papal States v. Venice for two years, continued as Venice & the Papal States v. France for three years, then ended as France & Venice v. the Papal States for three years. By war's end, no side had gained or lost any territory.
N7PM8 TIL that a person working in the telecom industry made an AI bot to prank telemarketers that talks to them until they catch on as he was annoyed with telemarketing calls. He created an algorithm that says, "Hello? hello?" to trick the agent to thinking they have reached their target.
e0WGE TIL that the soda can tab is engineered to be operate as two different levers: a second-class lever pulls open the middle vent which depressurizes the can and then the first-class lever opens the drinking spout.