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TIL in 1980 there was such an uproar that the film, The Elephant Man was not nominated for it effects by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that the Academy Award for Best Makeup category was created the following year as response.

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7rj7X TIL in 2002 an Internet geolocation service began using 38,-97, located in Kansas, as the default coordinates for all IPs it was unable to find. This led to a rural farm getting harassed by incompetent law enforcement investigators, doxxers, and Internet crackpots.
R7DBQ TIL that Ireland is the only country in Europe to have a lower population now than 100 years ago. This can mostly be attributed to the Great Irish Famine which caused over 4 million to die or emigrate on coffin ships. The British sending food to Britain greatly contributed to mass starvation.
p8Va8 TIL about the North Korean third broadcast network. It is a network of speakers that are wired into people's homes and relays local news and instructions. There are also rumours that the system can't be turned off, but the volume can be lowered.
0wExv TIL Parisians used to "hang out" in the morgue situated near the Notre Dame de Paris. The macabre attraction used to lure as many as 40.000 visitors per day. There were even street vendors catering to the crowds waiting outside to take a peek at the corpses.
Wk6RN TIL that a morning-sickness drug, Thalidomide, was mass-prescribed in the 1950s, resulting in thousands of deformed children being born in the 50-60s. Most were born with ‘flippers’ (some starring in American Horror Story as characters)