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TIL Microfilm, a way to store documents by photographing them and reducing the size of the photograph up to 99% of the original. Is surprisingly robust, being difficult to destroy and can apparently last up to 900 years.

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VMEwQ TIL that on January 31st the U.S. will see the first supermoon, blue moon, and lunar eclipse sync up since 1866.
mpdR TIL that Sean Schemmel, the voice actor of Goku in the English dub of Dragon Ball Z, didn’t realize he was voicing the lead character until several episodes into production.
Pm4V TIL the purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to gain support of the monarchies of France and Spain, who would not support a rebellion against a legitimate monarchy (England), but they would support America as an independent nation.
XEGQX TIL The international Milky Way bar, which is sold as 3 Musketeers in the US; and the US version of the milky way is sold as the Mars bar elsewhere. The US Mars bar was a Milky bar with Almonds an was discontinued in 2002 and replaced with the snickers almond
KxKJ TIL that after a 1946 plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he did not like the design of the hospital bed he was laying in. He called in his engineers and had them design a new bed that would allow someone with severe burns to move freely. It became the prototype for the modern hospital bed.