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TIL the average Black American has roughly 1/4 European ancestry

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oBdp8 TIL The Walter Reade Organization mistakenly omitting the logo © when renaming George A. Romero's originally titled "Night of the Flesh Eaters" made Night of the Living Dead public domain. Thus, we'll never know how much the film made worldwide from all its unapproved showings, copies and sales.
j6eDM TIL about cross sea waves - square waves, also known as square seas. They are formed when the winds of two weather systems - one old and one new - meet. The result looks like a quilt-like pattern of squares on the surface of the sea. Cross seas usually occur along coastal areas and are rare.
VDY8 TIL the Friends cast still make about $20 million a year each from syndication rights
jNrXE TIL of Wichard von Alvensleben, a German Wehrmacht Officer who, in 1945, commanded his soldiers to protect 140 Allied POWs from being executed by the SS. The POWs were then set free.
WkGWY TIL: During a renovation of the Tower of London the skeletons of two children were found hidden beneath a staircase. They were identified as the remains of two princes who had gone missing 191 years before.