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TIL the floor in the music video for Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity never moved. The entire set was put on wheels, with the camera attached to one wall. Movers would yell NORTH! and Jay Kay would have to dance corresponding to the movements of the set, giving the illusion of moving with the floor.

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b67GE TIL the stopwatch on 60 Minutes was real and is now on display at the Smithsonian. "This watch was used on the program until the late 1990s, when it was replaced by a computer graphic."
5e5D TIL the Taliban arrested thousands of men for having Leonardo Dicaprio-style haircuts after “Titanic fever” swept Afghanistan
QRX9 TIL that in 1896, a serial killer due to be executed was subpoenaed to give evidence in another trial, but it was decided that her testimony would be inadmissible, as she was considered legally dead upon receiving her sentence.
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