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TIL that in order to get around the constitutional limits on copyright the MPAA president proposed to make it last “forever minus one day”

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Menl0 TIL of the "Brown Ocean Effect", wherein tropical cyclones maintain their strength of even intensify after making landfall. Tropical Storm Erin (2007) and Bill (2015) both exhibited characteristics of this phenomenon.
jvmE TIL Sesame Street creators ignored the advice of child psychologists who were concerned that children would be confused if human actors and Muppets were shown together. Ignoring this advice was seen as a “turning point” in the show’s success.
ADpAw TIL that in the Great Depression, there was a fleet of "book women" who delivered books, regardless of weather, to rural communities in Appalachia. These women would ride 100-120 miles every week on horseback, traversing dangerous terrain, to ensure that their readers received their books on time.
0d4Qv TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name
oRl6r TIL that the Vincent Price's spoken word portion of "Thriller" was written the day of recording