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TIL Hans Zimmer wanted to use a pipe organ while making the Interstellar soundtrack because it only makes a note with air, making you feel human presence in every sound. Which was very important to keeping the film about not just the space that they were looking at but the people within that space.

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W10N TIL in 2005 the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, insulted Finnish cuisine and joked that Finns ate “marinated reindeer”. In 2008, Finland won an international pizza contest, beating Italy. The name of the winning pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi” and it was made of smoked reindeer.
V7Z4 TIL In 2001, the DEA attempted to ban glowsticks from parties by labelling them as “drug paraphernalia”
0wJE5 TIL about Trevor, the world's loneliest duck, who became famous for being the only duck on the Pacific island of Niue. Arrived via storm, lived in a puddle, tragically killed by a dog. RIP Trevor.
lJo5 TIL Legendary daredevil Evel Knievel got his stagename from a prison guard. The man in the next cell was named “Knofel” and the guard started calling them “Awful Knofel” and “Evil Knievel”.
Emno TIL a woman had a sudden heart attack on a plane, when the stewardess asked if there was a doctor on board, 15 stood up, they were on their way to a cardiology conference.