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TIL: Rick Moranis had to act in slow motion during the filming of “Little Shop of Horrors”, acting at 12 frames per second

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mgLo TIL that in 1869, Wyoming was the first state to pass a bill allowing women to vote. Why was such a random state so progressive? At that time there were 6 adult men for every 1 adult woman living in Wyoming. The lonely men hoped to attract more women to the region by offering the right to vote.
QJKpa TIL in 1977, the Formula 1 driver, Hans Heyer, was not allowed to start a race after failing to qualify. He snuck onto the circuit with his car and decided to race anyway. It took officials 6 laps to notice and disqualify him from a race he wasn't even technically in.
8gN8 Today I learned that 1.5 million people were evicted from their homes in preparation for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
GADn4 TIL Jean-Claude Van Damme used to be a bouncer for Chuck Norris
R5Ng6 TIL Canada has a special postal code for Santa Claus’s address