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TIL we refer to our lower body garments as “pairs of pants” because they originally came as two articles of clothing instead of a single piece.

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lan7 TIL That Stephen Spielberg directed his first feature film, Firelight (1964), which was released at his local cinema. It was shot on a budget of $500, and took $501 at the box office, giving the film an official profit of $1
aaZb TIL the Nissan Z series was originally named the Fairlady by the president of Nissan in Japan. The U.S. head knew this wouldn’t appeal to the American male market, so he removed the Fairlady labels from the cars that arrive in the U.S. and replaced them with the internal code for the project, 240-Z
neRP9 TIL Liam Neeson was offered the role as Ra's al Ghul in The CW's Arrow Season 3. He had previously played the same character in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. Neeson was willing to return to the role. But he had to turn it down because he didn't have the time for it.
kOWA1 TIL in 10th-20th century Europe, there was a hated, segregated minority group called Cagots who couldn't marry or live near non-cagots, couldn't touch food & had to use separate church entrances/holy water, despite being the same race as their neighbors. It isnt clear how the segregation started
9wKlM TIL that only three objects have ever been found inside the Great Pyramid of Giza- pieces of wood, a ball made of diorite, and a copper hook. They were found in 1872 in a shaft leading from the Queen's Chamber.