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TIL there are over 300 Drive-In movie theaters still operating in the United States

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Mg7m TIL That despite early concerns, the Human Genome Project finished 2 years ahead of schedule and $400 million under budget.
OoAZR TIL Australian prime minister, Harold Holt, who went missing while swimming at the beach, had a pool named in his honour. The locals call it ‘Dead Harry's’.
e0j0g TIL William Friedkin (Exorcist, French Connection) came upon the idea for the 'wrong-way chase scene' in To Live and Die in LA when he fell asleep at the wheel and woke up in the wrong lane with traffic heading straight for him. He spent the next 20 years wondering how he would use it in a film.
69LXQ TIL that Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse actually had a full conversation before, in this movie from 1992. 🤯🤯
OWBe TIL of WW1 Casualty/Mercy dogs. Dogs trained to find wounded or dying soldiers on the battlefield that also carried medical supplies so an injured soldier could try to treat himself (whilst more gravely wounded soldiers would seek the company of a Mercy dog to wait with them whilst they died).