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TIL that Technicolor movies were filmed on three rolls of film with the image split using a prism into three color images. Each film roll was then developed and dyed a complimentary primary color and then the three rolls were laminated together to create a full color roll of film

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VjoB TIL there is a game called Tamerlane chess which is similar to chess, with a different board, and includes elephants, camels, generals, war machines, 11 types of pawns, and several other pieces.
a709 TIL that in 1952 while in an institution Charles Manson held a razor to another boy’s throat while he sodomized him before being released on parole in 1954.
mxwMM TIL the woman in the 'woman yelling at the cat' meme was actually arguing with a group of people who were accusing her of making up her husband's abuse, who almost blinded her
PddO TIL that sarcasm is not only possibly indicative of one’s cognitive ability, capacity for abstract thought, and increased creativity, but it also increases creativity in the recipients of the sarcastic remarks.
0dw1R TIL about the Common Cold Research Unit in the UK, which existed from 1946-1989, and whose only successfully-developed treatment was zinc lozenges (in 1987)