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TIL that footage is called footage because film used to be measured in feet.

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v1xpD TIL that the reason why bus seats looked ugly is to hide stains and graffiti.
9Glp TIL of an Australian prime minister named Harold Holt who served from 1966 to 1967. One day, while in office, he went for a swim and just disappeared without a trace.
kXjg TIL that in 1355, two Oxford Students started a two day riot that killed over 90 people over the quality of wine at a local tavern.
8ajya TIL that, on the same day that James Van Allen announced his discovery of the radiation belts that now bear his name, the US military contacted him to inquire about firing nukes into them.
Grn7 TIL area of medicine devoted to farts is called flatology