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TIL: Bleach solution needs to be remade daily to retain effectiveness, even at a 1:9 ratio.

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a8MRZ TIL that Paul Thomas Anderson originally wanted the 1997 film "Boogie Nights" to be over three hours long and be rated NC-17. However the film's producers said that the film had to be either under three hours or rated R. Anderson chose the latter even though the film runs at 155 minutes.
1av5r TIL about Cliff Young, a 61 year-old farmer who won a 544 mile ultramarathon in 1983, which he ran wearing overalls and workboots, by not sleeping for 5 days. He let the other 5 finishers split the A$10,000 prize.
b9Wwj TIL prop money used in films has to be one-sided and less than 75% or more than 150% the size of a real banknote to be legally used.
6rjJ TIL That the Japanese school year is 240 days long, giving their students three more years of total instruction received compared to an American High School grad.
gwoA TIL MIT engineers created a wearable vest that hooks to and e-book and can change the lighting, sound, temperature, chest tightness, and heart of the reader so they can experience what the character in the book is feeling.