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TIL that in Lawrence of Arabia, the take where Sharif approaches on his camel was shot with a 482mm telephoto lens with spherical optics created by Panavision to meet David Lean’s vision. The lens has never been used since, but creators of Breaking Bad considered using it for the "Bagman" episode.

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QJgAk TIL the founder of Dave's Killer Bread worked at his family's bakery as a kid and having suffered from depression and addiction committed crimes that led to a fifteen year sentence. He was released early and returned to the bakery to start his company. He now runs foundation called Second Chance.
neP4Y TIL Gary Larson, creator of The Far Side comics, is teaching himself digital art and has started to make new comics again.
LQ0Er TIL that when Johannes Rebmann, the first European to see Mount Kilimanjaro, published his discovery in 1849, it was dismissed as a malaria-induced hallucination because it was believed that snow at this latitude was impossible. It took 12 more years for scholars to accept the mountain's existence.
9YGKX TIL Sesame Street briefly featured a muppet named Don Music, a composer who frequently banged his head against his piano. After numerous complaints from parents that children were copying his behaviour, the character was retired
8aVjV TIL Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, born 1788, was the first known supercentenarian (lived to be 110 years old). He outlived all his 12 children and his record for longest living male was not surpassed until 65 years after his death.