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TIL that Walt Disney originally planned to continually release Fantasia while replacing old segments with new ones, so that viewers would never see the same film twice.

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KYGm9 TIL the Chandra X-Ray Telescope captures X-ray photons at a calculated angle, using the same ancient technique as stone-skimming, otherwise the X-rays would pass straight through the mirror.
MeMvb TIL of the "Jim Twins", a pair of identical twins separated and adopted to different families at birth. Both were named James, married and divorced women named Linda, remarried women named Betty, and each had a dog named Toy. They both named their sons James Allan. They reunited at age 39.
j6Naj TIL about "Aunt Sammy," Uncle Sam's wife. Created in the 1920s by the US Dept of Agriculture as a radio show for farm wives, she would "gossip" about social activities & gardening, answer questions, and provide recipes. Local women voiced Aunt Sammy so their accents matched the broadcast areas.
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P14NE TIL of Rene Lima-Marin, a Colorado inmate who was mistakenly released in 2008, 90 years early from a 98-year sentence. After six years of rebuilding his life with a family and steady job, he was returned to prison in 2014, raising issues of fairness and rehabilitation.