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TIL that until 1986 the tennis balls used at Wimbledon were white. They were changed to yellow to be more visible on TV.

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6EW0m TIL about Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, common in children, which leads to different parts of your body feeling out of proportion. It can also make everything feel very far away like you're seeing the world through the wrong end of a telescope, and usually distorts time and sound.
WR8L TIL: in 1945 a group of Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device.
dDE58 TIL in 1965, Pastor Shuttlesworth was arrested for leading a march in Birmingham. The Supreme Court overturned the ruling, saying the law was so broad that a person "may stand on a sidewalk only at the whim of any officer of that city."
lXoG TIL that the President of the IHOP corporation started off as a waitress in one of the restaurants.
LjVm TIL of the lost film “Saved from the Titanic” released in 1912 just 29 days after the sinking of the Titanic, which starred an actress who was an actual survivor. It was her last film as she suffered a mental breakdown after filming it.