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78VdZ TIL In 1933 Charlie Chaplin burned his unreleased film A Woman of the Sea (1926) because he was unsatisfied with the final product and for tax purposes.
R7Dk4 TIL United States currency paper is composed of 75 percent cotton and 25 percent linen. Making it not actually paper, but cloth.
mxn8O TIL helicopter fire fighters (Aerial firefighter) can fill their buckets from local swimming pools. This is helpful when fighting wild fire and there are no lakes nearby. Happens mostly in California.
x5bk TIL that a hyena is genetically closer related to cats than to dogs
Q78M TIL Disney’s film “Song of the South” (based on the “Uncle Remus” books and famous for its “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” song) has never been released in its entirety on home video in the United States due to its offensive racial stereotypes and benign portrayal of ex-slaves and their former masters.