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TIL that it would take ~18months to walk the Great Wall of China 🇨🇳

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GME1 TIL Cuexcomate, near Puebla, Mexico, was thought to be the world’s smallest volcano at just 43ft tall, but was later found to be an empty cone of an extinct geyser. The Pueblans threw bodies of suicide victims into it & believed that if you lived around it, you were ‘under the rule of the devil.’
Y7Kmx TIL the first streaming service was created in 1881. Théâtrophone let subscribers listen to opera and theater over their telephone lines.
VM59Z TIL about Operation Hidden Mitten, a US law enforcement operation with the main purpose of keeping mitten crabs out of the country. This species of crab is extremely invasive, preys on local wildlife and carry parasites that affect human lungs.
wL66M TIL In a scene of Jojo Rabbit (2019), “Heil Hitler” is said 31 times in one minute! According to writer/director Taika Waititi, he wanted a funny moment, but also wanted to illustrate how ridiculous Nazi protocols were.
rdww TIL James Franco got a “D” in his acting class while he was filming 127 Hours, the film he was nominated for an Oscar for. It has been claimed either his acting professor was jealous, or that he had too many absent days to complete the course.