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TIL there is a type of video photography that makes real life look like highly detailed miniatures. It’s called Tilt-Shift Photography, and it looks uncanny.

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5YX5k TIL of Jacob H. Smith, an American officer who launched a notorious attack during the Filipino-American War which killed as many as 50,000 civilians. During the attack - for which he was court-martialed - Smith was heard yelling "kill everyone over the age of ten."
DKJp TIL The Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is designed for the sun to shine directly on the headstone only once a year, on Remembrance Day (Nov 11, 11am)
d8o99 TIL Chewbacca (played by Peter Mayhew) had dialogue in the original Star Wars films, that was then dubbed over for theatrical release
DQabY TIL In 1988 Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton all lost Album of the year
jNdGa TIL there is a German hospital that specializes in treatment for traumatized train drivers. An average of 3 people in Germany kill themselves by jumping in front of a train every day.