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TIL that the film, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, was the first feature film to be entirely color corrected by digital means.

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DpQp TIL Congress’s calendar for 2013 consisted of 239 days off.
0wvmR TIL that a slave rebellion broke out on slaveship La Amistad in 1839, resulting in two deaths. The slaves were captured and stood trial. It was ruled that they acted as free men, and were entitled to take any measures necessary to ensure freedom, including force. They were all returned to Africa.
PYkLw TIL about Queen Sunada kumariratana, a queen consort of Siam, who died with her daughter by drowning despite the presence of many witnesses. they were forbidden on pain of death to touch the queen, not even to save her life.
D1Aoe TIL that in 1978, 17 year old Santae Tribble was wrongfully incarcerated after FBI analysts failed to distinguish between human and dog hair. He served a total of 32 years
y0np TIL in 1986, at the height of apartheid, Glasgow, Scotland changed the name of the square where the South African consulate-general was based to Nelson Mandela Place, forcing the South African attaché to have to write this address if they wanted to receive mail.