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wL5AY TIL, Tommy Wiseau's 'The Room' became the first movie ever to be shot in both 35 MM film and HD simultaneously
ADyba TIL that Clara Blandick, who played Aunt Em in the Wizard of Oz, killed herself by overdosing on sleeping pills and tying a plastic bag around her head. She also left a suicide note saying she could no longer live with the pain or face going blind
9Ym9B TIL that September 4th 1909, saw the first Boys Scout rally in Crystal Palace, South London. The gathering was organized by Baden-Powell & saw 11,000 boys in attendance. Amongst the thousands in attendance, a handful of girls crashed the event. Dressed in uniform, they called themselves Girl Scouts.
gXD7 TIL that crows may be just as smart as apes, and not only recognize general threats, like a hawk, but also recognize personal threats and remember them with a grudge.
APkl TIL an endurance athlete, Dean Karnazes, ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005