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TIL Japan has two completely separate and incompatible power grids

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vJwx TIL: Jackie Gleason once was an actual pool shark. He made all his own trick shots in The Hustler (1961).
ADBb7 TIL there were 2 biopics of Yves Saint Laurent with nominations at the 2015 Cesar awards (French equivalent of the Oscars), The films were titled 'Yves Saint Laurent' and 'Saint Laurent' and both actors who played the titular role were nominated for best actor.
Z8n1G TIL: Anarcho-primitivism is a political ideology that advocates a return to non-"civilized" ways of life through deindustrialization, abolition of the division of labor or specialization and abandonment of large-scale organization technologies. Or...devolution.
9YDNX TIL - The Red Peppers used in Tabasco Sauce are made into a Pepper Mash and aged in decommissioned white oak bourbon barrels sourced from different distilleries around the US.
xVYPb TIL of the Mid-Atlantic accent, a combination of American and British English that no one "actually spoke...unless educated to do so", a fashion from the Northeastern US. Christopher Plummer, Katharine Hepburn, FDR, Julia Child, Gore Vidal, Sideshow Bob, and Mark Hamill's Joker are noted examples.