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TIL that it can take up to a week to scan a 90 minute film negative in 4K resolution.

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wVNJ TIL Angela from Family Guy is voiced by Carrie Fisher, AKA Princess Leia
R7Ll8 TIL Self-driving cars can cruise to avoid paying to park. When you factor in electricity, depreciation, wear and tear and maintenance, cruising costs around 50 cents an hour. This is still cheaper than parking, even in many smaller towns.
J17RV TIL about "Pimpernel" Smith, a 1941 movie about an adventuring archaeologist who freed concentration camp prisoners. The story inspired real-life rescue operations.
ZKWa TIL that Wikipedia had to ban IP’s from Congress to stop them from changing each other’s entries.
9YZKD TIL Francisco Franco is credited with saving between 30,000 and 60,000 Jews during the nazi era. He is also thought to have been responsible for killing between 15,000 and 50,000 of his political opponents.