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TIL Smell-O-Vision was an early attempt to bring the sense of smell into cinema, with the goal of enhancing the movie-going experience by releasing specific scents at certain points in a film.

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5VBwk TIL the Zerão stadium in Macapá, Brazil is named after the common belief that the midfield line lies exactly on the equator, causing each team to defend one hemisphere
gjYA TIL that Bugs Bunny’s nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position came from the film It Happened One Night in which Clark Gable is leaning against a fence, eating carrots rapidly, and talking with his mouth full.
R7Lja TIL about Mandate of Heaven, theory in China, according to which the ruler must have the support of Heaven to rule. Moral rulers who care for their people gain the mandate. If a despot sits on the throne, the Heavens can withdraw it, which they signal through e.g. eclipses, floods, wars, plagues etc
X9Q TIL of a 2005 film that has been destroyed and suppressed by Showtime because it makes fun of the poor.
nWwY7 TIL that only Toshiba employees can enter or exit the Umi-Shibaura station.