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TIL that before the 1920s there were nearly no regulations for a passport photo.

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aARZ TIL All the books in Dumbledore’s office are just the Yellow Pages, rebound to appear old.
AY44 TIL that when the Sears and Roebuck catalog was first printed on glossy paper, people wrote in to complain because they could no longer use the catalog as toilet paper.
JYJJl TIL Carol Grace, wife of comedy legend Walter Matthau, was a friend of writer Truman Capote, and the inspiration for Holly Golightly in his “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
jNERE TIL in 1969 most public swimming pools were still segregated. Mr Rogers invited a black police office on his show to cool their feet together in a plastic swimming pool. By doing so, the 2 gentlemen broke a major color barrier.
QJybd TIL a group of US soldiers used to kill teenagers in the Afghanistan for fun. Pictures can be seen of them smiling with their "trophy" just like people used to do with wild animal killings