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TIL "In 1956, the students of the Pasadena Playhouse School of Theatre arts voted two actors as the least likely to succeed: two friends, Gene Hackman (who had the lowest grades at that point in the history of the school) and Dustin Hoffmann. Both went on to win two Oscars each

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O5V7 TIL theaters used to have “cry rooms”: soundproof rooms at the back of theaters so mothers wouldn’t disturb others with their children
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xVV8g TIL that Morocco was the first nation to recognise the United States following their independence following a friendship Sultan Mohammed III of Morocco who declared US ships protected from Barbary pirates.
yVWJv TIL that there really is a three-star solar system 4 lightyears away from us, exactly as described in the Three Body Problem.