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TIL The Longest Year In History Was 445 Days Long

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yXJM TIL that Conan O'Brien has majored in history and literature, graduated with a magna cum laude from Harvard University, and wrote his senior thesis on the use of children as symbols in the works of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor
6YPm TIL nudity in films was originally a French idea, early pioneers believed viewers would enjoy watching women disrobe.
BWvW TIL: in 1955, someone dropped a >600 year old plaster buddha statue… to discover the plaster was actually covering a solid gold statue.
wDk1 TIL in 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by fifty companies; today, 90% is controlled by just six companies.
69W7m TIL Chicago sets its rail tracks on fire to prevent icing