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TIL that some airports use giant googly eyes to keep birds away(?!)

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0dN4M TIL the famous silent film Nosferatu (1922) was given an unauthorized rerelease with sound in 1930 that used previously unreleased footage. This version survives today, albeit without sound, but has never been released on home video.
RxPl TIL Animal Planet aired a mockumentary called “Mermaid: The Body Found.” The two-hour program was so convincing that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was overwhelmed by callers demanding the truth about the existence of the legendary sea creatures.
YpZM7 TIL Two penniless brothers living in a cave inherited $6.6 Billion from a long lost Grandmother.
Y7LrB TIL: that the earliest indoor toilets are over 5000 years, dated to the Neolithic (c 3200BC) - discovered at Skara Brae, Orkney.
gM7Ny TIL of the USS Yorktown. A US navy ship that was left "dead in the water" after a member of the crew accidentally tried to divide by 0 on it's computers. This caused many of the ship's computer systems to crash, including propulsion resulting in it needing towing back to port.