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TIL It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) was shot entirely on camera from the 1940s. The films splitscreens were done with holes and multiple exposures, while the digital effects were done by printing out each frame and photographing it.

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790L TIL Stockholm, Sweden tested a “Speed Camera Lottery” where speed limit-abiding drivers were automatically entered into a drawing to win a prize pool funded out of fines paid by speeders.
R55Q9 TIL "lemonade" is typically carbonated in the UK, Ireland, Central Europe, and Australia.
p8Anp TIL Ernesto Miranda's supreme court case led to the Miranda rights (“you have the right to remain silent...”). Miranda himself was later killed in a bar fight. His killer got away with it... because he chose to remain silent.
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