The Most Beloved Romantic Comedies Ever Made

Desk Set (1957)

Old school movies usually have trouble aging. This one is a little different. Katherine Hepburn plays a disruptive woman in media who likes to play dumb to get her way. Spencer Tracy plays a computer installer who is giving her company a computer that would take away her job. This film played a huge role in women finding themselves and realizing their potential outside of a relationship, even when multiple men come into play.

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The More You Know

  • The first commercial airplane flight lasted 23 minutes.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
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