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TIL History of paper clips

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16peW TIL about Viganella, the Italian Village that Brought the Sun Down to the Valley
kA4 TIL when Doctor Who head writer, Steven Moffat, was asked by his wife to write a sitcom, he had a drunken lunch came into her office wrote the word “coupling” on a piece of paper and left saying “remind me about this later”, it went on to have four series.
QMaM TIL Googlewhacking is a challenge/activity where you enter two words in the search bar for Google and try to end up with only one search result. There are over 482,000 googlewhacks recorded.
b9ZAp TIL The 1954 animated adaptation of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" was anonymously funded by the CIA. They also influenced the film's development, including changing to a more optimistic ending, and changing certain characters' ideologies. Their involvement was kept hidden for over 20 years.
OoWZe TIL that many clock faces that use Roman numerals show "4" as IIII instead of IV.