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TIL: In 1946, Salvador Dali created a short film with Walt Disney that didn’t see the light of day for 58 years

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QKva We get it. OJ was considered for the part of the Terminator and planes have crashed (or been shot down) over the years.
neBJr TIL a German study found that wine tasted better if the drinker thinks it's more expensive. Subjects inside an MRI scanner tasted a $14 red wine 3x but were told each sip was from bottles costing $3, $7, & $21. The brain's motivation & reward center was more active for the "more expensive" wine.
pYvEN TIL In the 60s/60s NASA would use brooms to detect flames from Hydrogen leaks as they were odorless & colorless.
LkL5p TIL United Way set a world record by releasing almost one-and-a-half million balloons that resulted in unexpected disaster. The event was intended to be a harmless fundraising publicity stunt, but the balloons drifted back over the city, Lake Erie, and landed in the surrounding area.
wLQ67 TIL the 1947 classic "It's a Wonderful Life" was a box-office flop, and didn't become popular until the late 70's when its copyright expired and TV channels could play it for free.