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TIL in Denmark there is a mobile sand dune that has been left unmanaged to allow future generations to understand the problems it presents.

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XE6Wk TIL that Orson Welles was only 23 years old when he made "War of the Worlds," the 1938 radio play that allegedly fooled some listeners into thinking Earth was being invaded by Martians. He was 25 when he made "Citizen Kane," still considered one of the greatest American films of all time.
Yx1d TIL Disney studios used a multiplane camera which moves a number of pieces of artwork painted on glass past the camera at various speeds and at various distances from one another to create a three-dimensional effect.
x6BGw TIL that the WW2 American naval fighter, the F4U "Corsair" had a unique solution for slowing down during steep descents: Its landing gear bay doors could double as airbrakes! This was an intentional component of its design.
DQ7Ge TIL that people used to eat mummies
QReX Today I learned that Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F.Scott Fitzgerald) died in a more than horrific way, waiting for electroshock treatment in a sanatorium’s locked room when a kitchen fire in the building spread there and ended her life.