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TIL that reindeer make a sound with ligaments snapping across bone in their legs that is believed to allow them to hear each other in foul weather and respond to threats.

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m1Zgy TIL Orson Welles was not drunk during the infamous Paul Masson shoot, he was under the effects of a sleeping pill. After napping for a few hours, Welles was able to complete the commercial within an hour, and the director said he was a delight to work with.
VV9p TIL Joaquin Phoenix along with three of his siblings were raised under the “Children of God” cult which their parents were members of until 1978. After leaving the cult, the family changed their name from “Bottom” to “Phoenix” in order to symbolize a new beginning
v1enr TIL that multiple Star Wars lead actors have struggled with a habit of making their own sound effects for fight scenes - to the point where multiple takes needed to be re-shot because you could see the actors making lightsaber noises.
45Ob TIL in 1987 a West German 19yo teenager flew through Soviet air defences to land a Cessna plane in Red Square.
EgZVw TIL that MetLife had plans to build what would be the tallest building in NYC, even the tallest in the world, but construction was halted due to the Great Depression and the “short, unfinished” version still stands today.