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TIL that the US government stores 1.4 billion pounds of cheese in underground caves in Missouri

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4XJAX TIL that the first full-length full-color film was an American historical drama "Becky Sharp", directed by Rouben Mamoulian in 1935. It was shot on 3-strip technicolor cameras that captured separate color records onto three strips of film.
X01dX TIL: That in a certain type of flame cutting, Oxyfuel, you are essentially just rusting through the metal EXTREMELY quickly
GAmkN TIL the Philippine Eagle is the largest eagle in the world, stands at one (1) meter in height and has a wingspan of about two (2) meters.
nyBW TIL that cross writing was a popular technique used in the 1800s in order to conserve paper, as the resource had become scarce.
NXlpM TIL that Anna Stubblefield, a Rutgers professor, was convicted of assault after claiming a nonverbal man with cerebral palsy consented to sex with her via “facilitated communication,” a discredited technique where the facilitator moves the person’s hand to type.