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TIL that, People who usually run late also tend to be happier and live longer, this according to a new study from Harvard University.

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Z6lD TIL: The BBC openly admits to unequally paying women more than men for the same hours worked
woAMY TIL that the Japanese invaded India during WWII
0dQ75 TIL that Walt Disney referred to the opening day of Disneyland as “Black Sunday.” The temperature was 101 °F (38 °C), people with counterfeit tickets flooded the park, the water fountains didn’t work, women’s shoes sunk into the asphalt, and people hurled their children over crowds to get on rides.
4nYg TIL to be ‘on cloud nine’ originated from the 1896 International Cloud Atlas to which the tallest cloud structure - the cumulonimbus - was No.9
Rpo8 TIL in the early days of sound movies, before dubbing, actors had to shoot each scene three times: one in English, one in Spanish, and one in either French or German (speaking their lines phonetically.) Buster Keaton complained about “having to shoot lousy films not just once, but three times.”