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TIL of the format called MovieCD (not to be confused with VideoCD or CD-Video) which was a way for full-length videos to be played on 16-Bit Windows PCs that couldn’t handle the MPEG codec.

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69GNQ TIL there is a Leg Lengthening Surgery. First your legs are broken and screws inserted. Then your body forms new bone, ligament and arteries to fill the space.
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wLbdM TIL that famous psychic and prophet Jeanne Dixon predicted (in 1971) that the world would end in 2020.