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TIL that Area 51 wasn't confirmed to actually exist by the US Government until 2013.

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XP7E TIL that it took the creator of the Rubik’s Cube, Erno Rubik, one month to solve the cube after he created it; the current world record is 5.55 seconds.
jN8pj TIL wilhelm screen has been used in many Disney movies as an in-joke including toy story
loJ6B TIL Frank Zappa was a futurist who was enthusiastic for the possibility of holographic imagery. So much so that he recorded footage of himself in the early 70s with the intention to be used when technology got to that point. A Frank Zappa holographic tour using that footage starts next year.
wD1Y TIL Russia has 44 “closed cities” where no foreign visitors are allowed. About 1.5 million people live in such cities.
D1GGp TIL that a successful ventroliquist's career ended when he switched from radio to TV as "his lips were frequently seen to move"