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TIL most of E.T. was filmed at the eye level of a child so adults can connect more with the children in the film

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yLwM TIL in 2004, a supercolony of ants measuring 62 miles wide was discovered under Melbourne, Australia.
E1x8V TiL: During the Columbine shooting SWAT teams remained outside of the school while Klebold and Harris roamed the halls murdering students, they didn't enter until 3 hours after the two took their own lives.
8aWkK TIL about Gregory Peck's role in The Omen (1976). One of the reasons why he accepted the role of a tortured father, conflicted with guilt, was because he hadn't been around when his son Jonathon committed suicide in 1975.
nW4mo TIL that there were Olympic medals for painters, sculptors, writers and musicians until 1952.
aEEN TIL of Piper Bill Millin who played the bagpipes as British Commandos landed at Sword Beach on D Day. He was told by captured German snipers later on that he was spared because they thought he was crazy.