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TIL The swinging thing in the fireplace that scared the character Eleanor earlier in The Haunting (1999) movie was this prop representing Hugh Crane's head instead of the lion head flue.

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mxB6v TIL The original Macintosh computers were sold with 9" screens that were 72 pixels per inch. This size was chosen because their printer would print at 144 ppi, exactly double the screen. This way the printed text and the screen text would end up being exactly the same size.
6Ebr7 TIL Mississippi, Kentucky-in-Africa and the Republic of Maryland were colonies that later included in Liberia established by freed slaves from America
BrRne TIL all US Government issued pens are made by a company named Skillcraft that only employs the blind
KYYPQ TIL about the almost completely unknown story of Félicette, a stray Parisian cat who was the only cat successfully launched into space - only to be euthanased weeks after
d8wPK TIL of John Burns, a resident of Gettysburg PA who at 70 years old in 1863 insisted on joining the Union line with his outdated flintlock rifle, shot a Confederate officer from his horse, fought w the Iron Brigade, was wounded several times, duped Confederate doctors into mending him, and snuck home