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

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Wkd1o TIL in 2012 a white power rally in North Carolina was overwhelmed by counter-protestors dressed as clowns throwing white flour and holding "wife power" signs
Bgv4K TIL about a Yale study revealing kids who watched "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" learned more and were generally more patient than those who watched "Sesame Street."
1am8W TIL about Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, born in 1745. He was the first Black composer of the classical era, conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris, and a champion fencer. He has been referred to as “Black Mozart”
ADXPx TIL Mark Davis, the principal owner of the Oakland Raiders who is worth $500 million dollars regularly eats at PF Chang's, drives a 1997 Dodge Caravan and uses a 2003 Nokia phone.
v4ML TIL that ‘meconium’, the first bowel movement of an infant, can be tested to determine if the mother smoke, drank or engaged in drug use during pregnancy. Meconium testings can be used in the US to determine the eligibility of the parents to keep their newborn child.