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TIL It’s possible to listen to records that no longer exist by extracting audio from pictures of them

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b9kJZ TIL Engineers in Canada receive an Iron Ring to remind them to have humility and follow highest engineering standards. It is proudly worn on a pinky of working hand and is given in a non-public ritual authored by Rudyard Kipling
v19GK TIL the 'Fake Shemp' - using one actor to fill in for another - is now prohibited by Screen Actors Guild rules, as a result of a lawsuit filed by Crispin Glover over his replacement in Back to the Future II
7rbAP TIL of the existence of Greg Stanton's Ten Stage Model of the Genocidal Process & how tolerance for diversity is one of Greg Stanton's prescribed antidotes to prevent genocides from occurring.
rRaQ0 TIL that Sean Bean and Peter Dinklage did not have to audition for their roles on Game of Thrones. They were specifically sought after to play Ned Stark and Tyrion Lannister respectively
78V7 TIL that Diamonds evaporate when they reach 763 degrees Celsius. They just vanish, without leaving ash or anything.