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TIL the movie Saw (2004) was shot in 18 days with one set, a budget of just over a million dollars, and grossed more than $100 million at the box office.

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E19dW TIL of Jason Thomas, an ex-Marine who saved two police officers who were stuck in the rubble of the World Trade Center during 9/11, with the help of another ex-Marine David Karnes. When his mom told him about the attack, Thomas retrieved his Marine uniform and sped to Ground Zero without hesitation.
d9QE TIL US continues to violate U.N. Convention Against Torture signed 20 years ago
ZpdvY TIL: million dollar fancy houses in Mesa de Yeguas (colombia) do not have windows or walls as temperature is perfect and are not needed.
mxPJP TIL That King County, Washington, home of Seattle, has a logo that's MLK Jr's face with the county's name underneath
QNLaM TIL it is possible for deaf individuals to 'hear' music using their hands and a balloon. It is possible for the brain to 'rewire' the auditory cortex to accept input from the mechanoreceptors in the fingertips instead of the eardrums.