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TIL While filming Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “Rope” a camera operator’s foot was crushed. To avoid re-filming the scene he was gagged and hauled out of the studio.

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wAVP TIL that Washington DC contributes more in federal taxes than 19 states, yet citizens only have one nonvoting representative in the House, none in Senate, and had no electoral votes until 1961. Some say it is “Taxation without Representation” and the UN has cited the US on the issue since 2006.
X04gQ TIL Hawaii is the best place on earth to see rainbows. There are words for Earth-clinging rainbows (uakoko), standing rainbow shafts (kāhili), barely visible rainbows (punakea), and moonbows (ānuenue kau pō). The rainbow is seen as a symbol of transformation and a pathway between Earth and Heaven.
5Yop8 TIL anandamide, also known as N-arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA), is a fatty acid neurotransmitter. The name is taken from the Sanskrit word ananda, which means "joy, bliss, delight". It can be activated by THC or CBD coming into contact with cannabinoid receptors in the nervous system.
yVgw8 TIL about the book "Futility" (1898) revised as "The Wreck of the Titan" (1912) featuring an American ocean liner named Titan that sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg. 14 years later the same thing would happen to RMS Titanic.
vPY5j TIL That there is legislation passed by Arkansas' 1881 General Assembly (resolution 1-4-105) on how the state's name is to be spelled and pronounced.