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TIL a filmmaker made a 10-hour movie of paint drying, forcing the British ratings board to sit through it to give it a classification in protest of film censorship.

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xVy7B TIL The Censored Eleven are eleven Looney Tunes and Merrie Nelodies cartoons banned since 1968 because the use of ethnic stereotypes were deemed too offensive and no amount of editing could ever make them acceptable. Warner Bros. announced an uncensored release in 2010 but it was never released.
vPlM7 TIL in 1863, Union General Joseph Hooker significantly boosted troop morale. He issued soft bread 4 times a week, fresh onions or potatoes twice a week, and dried vegetables once a week. He also improved sanitation, requiring bedding to be aired and soldiers to bathe twice a week.
beDQ TIL that Benjamin Franklin didn’t patent any of his invention.
mxpJM TIL The oldest known galaxy in the universe is GN-z11, a galaxy approximately 32 billion light years away from us. Scientists observe it as it existed 13.4 billion years ago, only 400 million years after the Big Bang.
5xMp TIL that Spiral stairs in medieval times were typically wound in a clockwise direction, to place attacking swordsmen (who were most often right-handed) at a disadvantage.