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TIL that one Texas filmmaker made the same film 300 times

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a1AA TIL Harriet Tubman was brain-damaged at a young age. She acquired narcolepsy, a sign of hippocampal deterioration. Her owner listed her as disabled. She claimed to receive visions and prophesies from God.
N71WE TIL Documentary Filmmaker Brian Fogle accidentally discovered the Russian State Sponsored Doping program while making a movie about how to beat doping tests. The movie is credited with helping start the investigation that ended up blocking Russia from competing at the Olympics since 2017
JJjl TIL that it costs more to leave a homeless person on the street than it does to help them transition back into society as a productive citizen with a job.
vP0Lj TIL in 1647, the British Parliament banned Christmas in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. Christmas was rebelliously celebrated with men carrying spikes clubs patrolling the streets making sure shops stayed closed and riots in Norwich killing 40 people, resulting in the Second Civil War
GryE TIL 8% of those who identify as atheists also say they believe in God or a universal spirit, even though the literal definition of “atheist” is “a person who believes that God does not exist”