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TIL in 1831 four countries claimed a new island in the Mediterranean that disappeared again only six months later

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VMyxD TIL: a real water buffalo is seen being slaughtered at the end of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now.” The animal had already been marked for sacrifice by the indigenous tribe whose land they were using to film, so Coppola decided to capture the actual ritual for the movie.
9Y6bX TIL that in 1998, Disney created a copyright law that made sure that no movies from 1923 can become free to watch and distribute for 20 more years. This copyright law expired today, January 1, 2019.
rjw TIL that Summer was considered a bad time to release a movie in the theater because of low sales until Steven Spielberg’s JAWS.
4Xby5 TIL The term "podcast" was created in 2004 by combining the words "iPod" and "broadcast"
BeEr TIL peeing in the shower can save up to 2,500 liters of water per year, per person.