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TIL the Internet movie database (launched in October 17, 1990) was launched before the World Wide Web (December 1990).

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d8woj TIL That behind the scenes of ALF, tensions were very high. Everyone hated being on the show much because ALF always had the best lines and there was always long shooting schedules because ALF the puppet was robotically moved. On the last day of filming, the cast quickly left without saying goodbye.
yVQvv TIL of Enclothed Cognition, the psychological influence caused by how we dress. Studies done show how individuals who dress up results in high productivity and vice versa.
R7baQ TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.
epNP5 TIL after the Khwarazmian Empire was destroyed by the Mongols, the Khwarazmian army survived and marched around the Middle East for a few decades as a mercenary force.
MN0A TIL the Federal Tax Code is 73,954 pages long. One hundred years ago it was only 400 pages.