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TIL as of 1959 the International Foot (unit) used by Americans is calculated using the metric system

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WBKd TIL Fujitsu’s FACOM 128B(manufactured 1959), a computer that is the world’s oldest still in use.
a87D9 TIL that the film 'Transylvania 6-5000' (1985) starring Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr. was shot in Yugoslavia and coproduced by the Dow Chemical Company. Dow had funds in Yugoslavian Dinars that could only be spent within the country, and they needed to unfreeze the assets.
69En8 TIL - The City of London is a district of approx. 1sq mile that is distinct from "Greater London" and has a population of approx. 9500 people however, over 500k people are employed there.
novW TIL a 1984 contestant on the game show “Press My Luck” used his stop-motion VCR to memorize the patterns used on the game board. He won $110,237 in cash and prizes, at the time the largest one-day total ever won on a game show.
yVeKM TIL about "Terminal Lucidity." The unexpected return of mental clarity and memory shortly before the death of patients suffering from severe psychiatric and neurologic disorders