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TIL composer Alex North was initially hired to write the score for 2001: A Space Odyssey, but director Stanley Kubrick ultimately decided to use pre-existing classical pieces instead. North wasn't aware his score had been tossed aside until he attended the film's premiere.

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KYvZ9 TIL in a 1939 basketball match Estonia beat Finland with a score of 91 to 1 (one)
JYYPk TIL About the Arandora Star: She was sunk transporting Italian and German prisoners of war to Canada.
nWplW TIL that on 9/11 a 5th airliner was presumed to be hijacked because the pilot changed the squawk code to 7500, which indicated a hijacking. Despite being a mistake, the airliner was diverted to Canada and was escorted there by US F-15s.
Br7Ve TIL that theatres were among the first air-conditioned spaces available to the public, partly why theatre was and is still so popular today.
gM7KL TIL Apollo 13 was shot in “a hollowed-out, windowless, padded Boeing 707 jet that climbs to 30,000 ft. and then arcs into a steep dive, creating a 23-second period of weightlessness.” This plane is used by NASA for 0g training.