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TIL photographer Carol Highsmith donated thousands of her photos to the Library of Congress for public use. Surprisingly, Getty Images claimed copyright on these photos and even accused her of infringement for using one of her own photos on her site.

2997 upvotes • mambamagic248

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TIL Albert Kahn was an industrial architect working out of Detroit. In 1937 he designed 19% of all factories built that year. He opened an architectural school in Russia. In 1941 he received the eighth highest salary in the USA, $486,936. His last building was the Willow Run bomber plant.

2883 upvotes • HughJorgens

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TIL Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer attempted to erase Gaslight (1940) from existence as to prevent it from competing with their remake of Gaslight when it eventually released in 1944.

2838 upvotes • ehnahjee

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TIL In the span of less than 1 year, both President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office for separate reasons

2744 upvotes • Tom573

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TIL In a 2022 survey by FlexJobs, 45% of remote workers reported saving at least $5,000 annually and one in 5 remote workers estimated saving $10,000 a year.

2706 upvotes • Algrinder

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TIL there's a theory that the evolution to light skin in Europeans only occurred around 12,000-6,000 years ago.

2655 upvotes • Jordan-Baculd

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TIL Of The 1973 Soap Box Derby Scandal. 14-year-old Jimmy Gronen was stripped off his title, after it was discovered that his car had an electromagnet in the nose, which when activated gave him a boost at the starting line.

2625 upvotes • aaronpabon

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TIL, in 1976 alone, the Indian government sterilized 6.2 million men

2585 upvotes • helenolai

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TIL Metal does not attract lightning.

2585 upvotes • SPKmnd90

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TIL the familiar 'valentine' logo at the beginning and ending of 'I Love Lucy' wasn't added until the show went into syndication. The show was originally sponsored by Philip Morris and began with Lucy and Ricky dancing around a huge pack of cigarettes.

2483 upvotes • doopityWoop22

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TIL photographer Carol Highsmith donated thousands of her photos to the Library of Congress for public use. Surprisingly, Getty Images claimed copyright on these photos and even accused her of infringement for using one of her own photos on her site.	2997	mambamagic248
TIL Albert Kahn was an industrial architect working out of Detroit. In 1937 he designed 19% of all factories built that year. He opened an architectural school in Russia. In 1941 he received the eighth highest salary in the USA, $486,936. His last building was the Willow Run bomber plant.	2883	HughJorgens
TIL Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer attempted to erase Gaslight (1940) from existence as to prevent it from competing with their remake of Gaslight when it eventually released in 1944.	2838	ehnahjee
TIL In the span of less than 1 year, both President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office for separate reasons	2744	Tom573
TIL In a 2022 survey by FlexJobs, 45% of remote workers reported saving at least $5,000 annually and one in 5 remote workers estimated saving $10,000 a year.	2706	Algrinder
TIL there's a theory that the evolution to light skin in Europeans only occurred around 12,000-6,000 years ago.	2655	Jordan-Baculd
TIL Of The 1973 Soap Box Derby Scandal. 14-year-old Jimmy Gronen was stripped off his title, after it was discovered that his car had an electromagnet in the nose, which when activated gave him a boost at the starting line.	2625	aaronpabon
TIL, in 1976 alone, the Indian government sterilized 6.2 million men	2585	helenolai
TIL Metal does not attract lightning.	2585	SPKmnd90
TIL the familiar 'valentine' logo at the beginning and ending of 'I Love Lucy' wasn't added until the show went into syndication. The show was originally sponsored by Philip Morris and began with Lucy and Ricky dancing around a huge pack of cigarettes.	2483	doopityWoop22