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TIL In 1924, the federal government funded enormous concrete arrows to be built every 10 miles or so along established airmail routes to help the pilots trace their way across America in bad weather conditions and particularly at night, which was a more efficient time to fly.

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RyK7 TIL that to make the Snickers Brady Bunch commercial, the stand-in actors had to have the exact same chin, mouth, and lip proportions as the original Bradys, and had to keep their heads as still as possible to make tracking the faces easier.
Rv68 TIL Walt Disney specified that Cinderella Castle at Disney World would be just short enough not to require a flashing red aircraft warning light on top distracting from the “magic.”
11v4 TIL that a 1976 episode of Sesame Street featured The Wicked Witch of the West becoming the crush of Oscar the Grouch and threatening to turn Big Bird into a feather duster, among other things. The episode was aired only once because “the threat of the witch’s power [remained] in children’s eyes.”
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PY8ke TIL that goats, like us, have regional accents, and goats from different regions can have trouble understanding each other.