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TIL the ‘hysteria’ created by Orson Welles’ 'War Of The Worlds’ was a myth created by newspapers to instil fear over the power of broadcast radio

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m1XwO TIL Louis Braille invented the braille system between ages 12-15 after having been blind 7 years due to an accidental self-inflicted injury at age 5 that resulted in his own blindness
j6o0v TIL about the White-Throated Sparrow. A species of bird that has 4 distinct sexes across 2 color morphs.
1aDrV TIL Cruentation, the understanding that dead bodies would bleed in the presence of their murderer, was a common belief in the Middle Ages.
OyVX TIL for the 2005 remake of King Kong, it took 4 months longer to recreate The Empire State building in CGI than it did to build the actual Empire State Building in real life.
DQe1v TIL the oldest active missing person case in the US is over 95 yrs old. 73 yo Marvin Clark, who on HALLOWEEN weekend in 1926 departed his Tigard, OR home to meet his daughter in Portland. A John Doe body was later found between the 2 cities in 1986 but DNA testing in 2018 determined it was not him.