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TIL: Stanley Kubrick had an unfinished project on Napoleon which he spent years to research and create but couldn't make it because he didn't have any financial support.

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9YNQ6 TIL Natalie Wood mysteriously died during a boat trip with her husband Robert Wagner, Christopher Walken, and the boat’s captain. Her body was found a mile from the boat with bruises and abrasions. The death was ruled an accidental drowning and the coroner’s office was told not to discuss the case.
QNvwX TIL that Target used to be known for having a "Design of the Decade" award-winning pill bottle design, ClearRx, but it was discontinued when their pharmacy division was sold to CVS in 2015. The patent was filed in 2005 so in 2025 the design will be fair for anyone to use.
KOkmR TIL that not only can Emily Dickinson poems be sung to "The Yellow Rose of Texas", it works for Gilligan's Island also.
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lEbB TIL chickens have special eyes. the unusual arrangement of cells in a chicken’s eye constitutes the first known biological occurrence of a potentially new state of matter known as “disordered hyperuniformity”