TIL - At age 39, Derek Amato dove into a shallow pool which lead to him suffering from a traumatic head injury. He suddenly found he was very good at playing the piano and now is a composer and performer.
TIL of the Mosquito machine and ringtone. The machine emits a high-pitched buzz that drives away loiterers and can be tuned to be heard only by teens. The ringtone, created by sampling the machine tone, uses the same buzz to make phones ring without being heard by teachers or another adults.
TIL “Casablanca” was released in Germany in 1952 with all references to Nazis and the war removed. The dubbed cut ran 25 minutes shorter.