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TIL an estimated 90% of silent films are completely lost.

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NXwEe TIL that December 11 is the most common breakup day of the year, with Christmas causing couples to reflect on whether they want to continue with relationship.
loQW1 TIL NASA's first Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF-001), a modified 35-foot Airstream trailer to provide biological isolation for astronauts was transferred in the 1970s to the US Department of Agriculture for field work, but its current whereabouts are unknown.
LQ759 TIL about the Tiger Mask donation phenomenon in Japan. It began in 2010 when someone left ten school backpacks at a child center, signed "Naoto Date" after a manga wrestler raised in an orphanage. Since then, copycats have donated toys, food, and money to children's facilities across Japan.
7GRM TIL Robin Williams took his video-game-loving son’s advice when deciding to name his daughter Zelda.
j6oBv TIL: Rum is subsidized by US taxes