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TIL that the natural “wobble” of film as it passes through a camera or projector is called “gate weave”

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j6O5n TIL that Pope Francis released a progressive rock album titled "Wake Up!", a compilation of speeches set to various instrumentals. All proceeds from the album were used to help displaced refugees.
LQXYm TIL air conditioning enabled mass American migrations to the south and help created summer blockbusters
DARY TIL in 1892, during a massive general labor strike in New Orleans, white and black workers united in an effort to gain better working conditions. Although commercial representatives tried to divide the workers by race, spreading stories of ‘negro mobs’ victimizing whites, the workers remained united
OoGgL TIL of Harold Holt, the Australian prime minister in 1966-1967 that went to swim in the ocean and never came back. His body was never found and he was presumed dead
M7omA TIL Disney's "Susie the little blue coupe" (the film that would directly inspire the design philosophy of Pixar's "Cars") is in the public domain due to failure of copyright renewal. The soundtrack however remains in copyright.