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TIL The BBC were infamous for "wiping" tapes of their shows (fans of Doctor Who know this story very well). But it's even worse then you'd expect. It's estimated 60 to 70 percent of all BBC programming produced between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s was deleted.

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4kLlR TIL Tolkien began work on a sequel to Lord of the Rings, but abandoned the manuscript because the magical age of Middle Earth was the only setting he wished to write a story in
OG09e TIL that on 6th June 2011 an unnamed woman and man in Gatineau, Canada were killed when a 200kg flying bear crashed through their windshield before passing through the rear window. The black bear also died.
Gbm4 TIL that Adobe doesn’t like when people use “Photoshop” as a verb. Instead of saying “That image was photoshopped,” they want you to say “The image was enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.”
e0Zb5 TIL: Play-Doh before it was known as Play-Doh, was actually used as cleaner for walls and wallpaper when coal was used to heat homes. After WWII coal was phased out by natural gas to heat homes. Near bankruptcy, the company pivoted to become one of the most successful toy companies in the world.
EgWyp TIL that Harry Burn, a young state rep, cast Tennessee's deciding vote to ratify the 19th Amendment regarding women's suffrage after he got a letter from his mother reminding him to "be a good boy." The amendment cld not become law without ratification by a min. of 36 states. Tennessee was the 36th.