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TIL Russians were making color photos over 100 years ago.

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mpny TIL that in 1962, the Tanganyika laughter epidemic caused contagious laughter in 1000 people in Tanzania, and resulted in 14 schools being shut down.
l7Ror TIL: Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin commissioned Sergei Eisenstein to make his two-part epic film "Ivan the Terrible". Part I he loved, but Part II he disliked so immensely that he banned it. There was supposed to be a Part III, which would never be made.
R7677 TIL that when the allied forces were at the edge of the city, Hitler ordered the destruction of Paris. The Nazi commander of Paris couldn’t bring himself to execute the order and surrendered the city a few days later.
XExVR TIL of accidental Stereo Sound. Where by Two recorders with microphones in different positions captured both left and right audio of an artist’s recording session. Decades later these recordings were then merged together to give stereo sound, pre-dating true stereophonic sound by a good 20 years
Z9MQ TIL North Korea classifies each of its citizens into one of three groups (called Songbun:) the “core class,” the “wavering class,” and the “hostile class.”