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TIL that Robert Rodriguez left the directors guild because he wanted to list frank miller as a co-director for sin city as his style influenced the film so much but the directors guild wouldn’t allow it.

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R7aQl TIL the United States Air Force F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jet "has a radar cross-section smaller than a bumblebee, making it nearly undetectable." And the Raptor's radar "changes frequencies over 1,000 times per second to deter detection by enemy forces."
v19e7 TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts carried small flags from 150 countries and 50 US States with them to the moon. When they returned each flag was put on a plaque with a sample of moon dust and gifted to each country. The Russian space museum in Moscow has their gift on display.
VdR8 TIL There is a movement occurring in a small town in Canada called ‘Save Us Bacon’ that is pushing to have Kevin Bacon come and reenact the plot of Footloose in order to end various laws against gathering in public and listening to music in public, among others.
oBG9A TIL Ålesund, Norway burned down in 1904 and Kaiser Wilhelm II. sent 4 warships to build shelters and barracks, giving refuge to around 10,000 people, and rebuilding the city in record time
pYmLb TIL that there are approx 140 ER visits a year in the from people ingesting strands of wire from BBQ grill brushes and that the consequences can be life threatening.