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TIL: Putting duct tape on a horses nose calms them down to help you shoe them.

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6pxZ TIL that 120 battle suits representing “grunts, dogs and tanks” weighing up to 130 pounds (59 kg) were handcrafted for Edge of Tomorrow. Each actor needed 4 people to help put on the suits and between takes they would be suspended by chains from iron frames to take the weight off their shoulders.
vQyx TIL Straight Outta Compton was never played in Compton because the city has no movie theaters.
ne9Zd TIL Bobby Fischer who is considered to be the greatest chess player of all time spent the last 16 years of his life in exile after the United States put a warrant out for his arrest for violating sanctions by participating in a chess tournament held in Yugoslavia which was under a trade embargo.
X07dk TIL when Johnny Watson released his song “Space Guitar” in 1954, the song received a puzzled "??" instead of a numeric rating by Billboard. Today, the song is recognized as a groundbreaking achievement, which inspired musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Bo Diddley, and many more.
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