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TIL in ancient Rome, skilled or educated slaves could save enough money to buy their freedom

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OGkGg TIL that doctors a hundred years ago used to withhold informing the patient of their serious condition, even including if the patient was dying
9YJrr TIL Future US President Hoover Had to Spend 14 Days in Quarantine after arriving in Australia as a Young Mining Engineer in 1898
PrWL TIL that although the film ‘Capricorn One’ portrays NASA as corrupt and willing to kill to cover up its faked space mission, the agency cooperated in the movie’s production and provided government equipment as props. Without NASA’s help the film could not have stayed within its budget.
VZY4 TIL only 3 films have swept the “Big Five” Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay: It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
VBRyZ TIL Paramount Pictures and city officials faced backlash after erecting a 75 ft-tall cutout of Holli Would, main character from the film Cool World (1992), atop the Hollywood Sign; Mayor Johnny Grant said, "This is the last time the Hollywood sign will ever be used for commercial purposes. "