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TIL Rope (1948 Jimmy Stewart, IMDb 8.1 RT 97%) is an 80 min Hitchcock film shot in only 10 takes, with every other cut masked so it looks like only 5 takes (projectionists changed reels every 20 min) It takes place in real time, is Hitchcock’s first Technicolor film, and was banned for homosexuality

N7bBQ TIL that engineers have developed a ‘plastic’ which biodegrades in a month and won’t cause choking if eaten.
epj5b TIL Article I, Section 9, Clause 5 of the US Constitution makes export tariffs illegal.
gr5BA TIL the FBI has an entire catalogue of times they witnessed and recorded UFOs.
VvAG TIL Between 2012 and 2014 France had a 75% super tax on earnings above €1m
RLLj TIL police departments can and will refuse to hire someone because their IQ is too high.