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TIL that during annular and solar eclipses, Navajo people as part of sacred traditions, don't look at the sun. Some Navajo even fast, not sleep and not do any activities for several hours after the eclipse. During the recent annular eclipse, Monument Valley was also closed to the public for a day.

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xVAw1 TIL the movie 'Seven Pounds' about a man (Will Smith) giving the gift of life to seven strangers, foregone the usual Hollywood premiere and instead chose Cleveland, Miami, Dallas, St. Louis, and Denver to premiere the film to raise funds for food banks in each region.
1ajjP TIL Nolan Bushnell founded Atari and Chuck E. Cheese, originally Pizza Time Theatre as a way to market Atari Games and as ‘A Disneyland on the local level’
78ZkZ TIL Michelangelo painted a hidden self-portrait on a fresco inside the Sistine Chapel--as the remains of the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew
9vRM TIL Because of such a small budget, “3 Ninjas” was the most profitable movie of 1992.
MeRG7 TIL that the story of Kitty Genovese's murder being ignored by 38 people is a myth and the police were called twice. One woman even went down and held her after she was stabbed. The myth came due to the NYT's writer wanting a more dramatic story.