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TIL in 2003, the United States set out to create a national "Do Not Email" registry by 2004. This never happened.

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OLYg TIL the American Humane Association withheld its “no animals were harmed…” disclaimer for “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” because the filmmakers accidentally killed several tropical fish while making the movie
5YyWD TIL between the 16th and 18th centuries, the Catholic church exhumed skeletons from catacombs and decorated them with gold and precious stones to serve as relics for saints. While some of the corpses may have been early martyrs, most actually did not belong to anybody with religious significance.
WkdM4 TIL that during the silent film era in Japan, narrators called "benshi" would provide introductions, dialogue, and live commentary in theaters while the film was playing on-screen. Some benshi became more famous than the film actors and would be advertised on movie posters.
oBvJo Women with sleep disorders other than sleep apnea may be more than three times as likely to experience infertility as their counterparts who don’t have trouble sleeping, a recent study suggests.
OPY1 TIL when Washoe, first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker’s baby had died, she signed “CRY”, touching her cheek and drawing her finger down the path a tear would make on a human (Chimpanzees don’t shed tears)