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TIL The shape of California's state highway signs is meant to represent the spades/shovels used by the miners during the Gold Rush.

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abGM TIL Shirley Temple wasn’t told of her friend and fellow actress Dorothy Dell’s death until moments before filming a crying scene
ADXj7 TIL many orb-weaving spiders, including the common Barn Spider, take their webs down every day and build another web every evening, eating the old webs to reclaim resources. This is why most orb-shaped spider webs are free of debris and always look new
VMpwp TIL: Avatar (2009 Film) required 4,000 servers, 35,000 CPU Cores, 104 TB of RAM, and 3 PB of Network Area Storage in a 10,000 sq ft farm to render the movies effects
kOVGE TIL of John Smeaton, an airport worker who kicked an attempted suicide bomber in the nuts. He would later be awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.
GyWj TIL Romeo & Juliet is a satire poking fun at young love and how irrational love can make people.