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TIL the bomber cockpit in Dr. Strangelove was based on a B-29 cockpit because the real B-52 bombers were off limit to the film crew. It turned out to be so accurate that Stanley Kubrick feared that his research team had done their job illegally and that they're about to be investigated by the FBI.

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dVo9 TIL the original children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was actually incredibly violent, with Dorothy and friends killing nearly 100 animals and people during their quest. Dorothy’s trademark shoes were also silver, not ruby like the movie.
ZpwLY TIL the director of the French Connection paid an official at the New York Transit Authority a $40,000 bribe to overlook the rules and allow the famous chase sequence to be filmed.
LQdeP TIL in 1660, a man disappeared and his items were found cut and sprinkled in blood. It was claimed that his brother and mother had killed him and dumped his body in a pond. No body was found but they were found guilty and hanged. The man reappeared in 1662, claiming to have been abducted by pirates
PYmaO TIL that transmitting data from person to person via hard drives and physical media is called the Sneakernet
JObm TIL that Yhprum’s Law, which is the ananym of Murphy’s Law, states that “Everything, that can work, will work.” In other words, “Sometimes systems that should not work, work nevertheless.”