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Today I learned that publications in Israel have to disclose whether a fashion model was made to look thinner through photo manipulation

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9Yrbp TIL that there were more ancient capitals of Russia (though the country had another name then) and that scientists don't know which of two cities, Staraya Ladoga or Velikiy Novgorod, was really the capital. But what's more interesting is that you can see what archeologists have dig out at the both!
e0B4L TIL The first man-made object to reach the stratosphere was a meter long shell fired from the Paris Gun, used by the Germans in WW1 to bombard Paris from 80 miles away. The curvature of the earth had to be considered when calculating where the shells would land.
vYgK TIL that Norwegians are the only ones in the World with a ~0.0% IE6 usage.
d8EZQ TIL that filming for the movie Gone Girl was shut down for 4 days because Ben Affleck, a Boston Red Sox fan, refused to wear a New York Yankees cap for one scene. The director and Affleck eventually agreed on a New York Mets hat instead.
gM6A TIL there are no wild hedgehogs in america