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TIL That in the 'Pre-Code' era of Hollywood Cinema (late 1920's to mid 1930's) movie studios used the term 'Pinking' to make movies more sexual in content and nature.

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7rm9O TIL I suffer with Laryngospasm. During the night I wake up choking on my own stomach acid.
kJG5E TIL that in 1962, NASA launched the Mariner 1 spacecraft to Venus, but it missed its target by over 100,000 miles. The failure was traced back to a single misplaced hyphen in the spacecraft’s software code, showing how even the smallest errors can have enormous consequences in space missions.
xplB TIL the city of Sao Paolo implemented a “Clean City Law” in 2006, which banned all outdoor advertisements. No billboards, no ads on buses, no posters. This ‘uncovered’ problems such as illegal workers living in bad conditions but also lead to more street art and more visible city architecture.
WkJv9 TIL the US federal government has an office that receives dead eagles, which are then used by Native Americans for religious purposes.
v1L1D TIL R2D2 was controlled by a man inside its body; Kenneth George Baker was an English actor and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and Labyrinth.