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

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neQ0G TIL, the Shibuya Crossing, located in the Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, is said to be the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world. At peak times, over 1000 people cross at the same time, coming from all directions, and there is almost no loss of foot traffic at midnight or early morning.
Eo40 TIL Google created a free service that you could call for telephone directory searches. The catch? Its sole purpose was to collect voice samples and was shut down once enough were collected
jN9oN TIL about Postorgasmic Illness Syndrome. A condition where men experience flu like symptoms (fevers, headache, sore throat, and watery eyes). It occurs after approximately 90% of "ejaculation events" for effected men. This reaction is thought to be secondary to an allergy to ones own semen.
OGbmX TIL about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, when Mormons in Utah killed everybody over age 6 in a wagon train from Arkansas & Missouri that was just passing through en route to California
NXv6J TIL that no US company can ever perfectly recreate the taste of Coca Cola as one of the ingredients in it is extract from the Coca leaf. Since cocaine is made from the plant only one company in the US can import it - Stepan’s Company. Their only customer is Coca Cola.