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TIL During the filming of the flood scene for Noah’s Ark (1928), the great volume of water used was so overwhelming that three extras drowned, leading to the implementation of stunt safety regulations the following year.

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GxME TIL 13 paintings were stolen from an art museum in Boston in 1990 by two thieves dressed in police uniforms, who tricked museum security into letting them access the gallery. Value of the paintings lost was over $500 million, making it the largest private property heist in history, still unsolved
78rrO TIL that Buddhists create sand mandalas only to destroy them, to teach the belief that nothing lasts forever.
Z8eeQ TIL of Horace Fletcher, "the Great Masticator", who argued that food should be chewed to a liquid before swallowing. He claimed great health benefits from this, including beating college athletes in strength and endurance at the age of 58
b9XwQ TIL Wham!'s single "Last Christmas/Everything She Wants" is the highest-selling single ever to peak at #2 in the UK charts. They were kept from #1 by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Wham! donated all the royalties from "Last Christmas" to the Ethiopian famine appeal, Band Aid's cause.
Y70Nd TIL the rotational axis of the Moon lies within Shackleton Crater.