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TIL many silent actors succumbed to a condition known as “Klieg eyes” where their retinas were damaged due to the heavy lighting required by film stocks of the time

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mr0x TIL that in 2009, a Polish woman filed a lawsuit against a hotel in Egypt after claiming that sperm in the swimming pool got her 13 year old daughter pregnant.
Z8NjR TIL The last school that was desegregated was Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Mississippi. This happened in 2016. The order to desegregate this school came from a federal judge, after decades of struggle. This case originally started in 1965 by a fourth-grader
PPGV TIL George Washington borrowed 2 books from the New York Library when he was president. He never returned them and the fine is estimated at $300,000
1EjP TIL the cast of Friends earned at least $88,460,000 over its 10 seasons. EACH. (This does not include syndication royalties negotiated from the 5th season onwards)
vB0R TIL that the first unofficial mascot of the USPS, Owney the Postal Dog, actually went “postal” in 1897. After biting a worker, the “Toledo postmaster summoned a police officer, who shot him, thus ending the career of the famous little dog.”