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TIL Jack Black was a pilot in the 1995 movie
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TIL in 1907, passengers arriving at Ellis Island had to pass a medical exam to enter the US. Doctors used a secret code to mark passenger's clothes with chalk: 'H' indicated heart trouble suspected; 'L' suspected lameness, and 'X' suspected feeble-mindedness.
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TIL the city of Key West, FL passed a law banning the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, which are believed to be detrimental to coral reefs.
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TIL that Project Gutenberg Australia has no formal relationship with Project Gutenberg, and contains many works not available in the latter due to difference between Australian and American copyright laws.
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TIL Galyn Susman was the individual who saved ‘TOY STORY 2’ by having a copy of the film at home after someone accidentally ran a command that deleted 90% of the film from Pixar’s files.
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TIL that the popularity biking in the late 1800s prompted women to be more mobile, pushed women’s clothing to be less restrictive and more comfortable, and eventually became an emblem of women’s rights.