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TIL Office Space was the reason waiters at TGIF stopped wearing flair.

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nx4o TIL the Boston Bombers is the name of the city’s only semi-pro women’s basketball team.
kO4WE TIL of Kevin Peter Hall, the actor who played the Predator (1987), who was in a near fatal car accident in 1990. While receiving a blood transfusion at the hospital, he contracted AIDS and died less than a year later.
yGll TIL that until 1994, a pencil was inserted into a person’s hair to help determine a South African’s racial identity. If the pencil fell out easily, the person was considered white.
j6pjX TIL in Khmer Rouge Cambodia, Cambodians of Chinese descent were massacred by the Khmer Rouge under the justification that they "used to exploit the Cambodian people". Despite this, the Chinese government did not protest the killings, and provided at least 90% of Cambodia's foreign aid.
VMEmp TIL Transformers: The Last Knight has aspect ratio changes throughout the film, often randomly, mid-scene and between shots. The film's trailer itself includes shots of 8 different ratios.