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Today I learned that in almost all blockbuster movies they remove the headrest of the car seat so you can see the actors better

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W7gZo TIL that "The Birth of a Nation," a 1915 silent film, became the highest grossing film for twenty-five years and revolutionized the film industry with its technical effects and first-time use of a musical score.
bd5Z TIL Jesus Christ is officially the king of Poland
8er9V TIL of a celebrity librarian who passed as a white woman for 40 years, which opened doors closed to Black women in the early 20th century; she earned $10,000 a year as the librarian for banker JP Morgan when most librarians earned around $400
wl9P TIL astronaut Chris Hadfield once described problem-solving in NASA as “methodically looking for a solution until you run out of oxygen”
EVD7 TIL the Thirteen Club met in the 1880s to debunk the superstition about the number 13 by dining 13 to a table, walking under ladders, and spilling salt on Friday 13th. They had 5 US Presidents as members, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.