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TIL Bridesmaids traditionally wear almost the exact same thing as the bride to confuse bandits and evil spirits who wish to harm her

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JY46V TIL in 1964 an icy runway caused a taxiing B-58 bomber to flop over and topple onto its fuel tanks. This ignited 14,000 gallons of blended gasoline and kerosene and barbecued the bomber’s nuclear payload…including a 9-megaton bomb powerful enough to flash fry any exposed human within 20 miles.
Y7eNZ TIL buffalo hunting in the 19th century was encouraged as a means of eliminating the major food source of many Native American tribes, thereby making them easier to control.
nRer TIL a railroad tunnel in the Canadian Rockies is so straight that one can see daylight from the other end over 5 miles away
RK96 TIL Before CGI, Movie makers would create content by painting it on glass and integrating that with the live action shot. The endless warehouse in “Indiana Jones”, the tractor beam in the first “Star Wars”, and the Emerald City in “The Wizard of Oz” were all done using this technique.
9lYM TIL Clint Eastwood was cast as Two-Face in the 1960s TV Show, but it was canceled before he could appear.