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TIL that the longest indie film is over 850 hours long

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j6rKv TIL A Lambretta Amphi-Scooter was developed in the mid-1960s and shown in a Pathé newsreel crossing the Thames. It consisted of a 1964 Lambretta J125 scooter with hinged fiberglass pontoons, paddle mechanism and a front rudder.
OMjL TIL centuries before the actual discovery of penicillin, many ancient cultures were using mouldy food to treat infection without understanding how it worked.
D18jg TIL Apollo 12 was hit by lightning twice within a minute of launch, knocking out the command module instruments, lighting up nearly every warning light on the control panel and garbling the telemetry to mission control. Earlier training simulating such a failure allowed them to restore power.
madP TIL some skyscrapers have gigantic, 300-800 ton steel balls inside them to prevent high winds from making tenants dizzy.
yQn8 TIL in 1936, the russians made a computer that ran on water.