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TIL that in 1971 there was a failed attempt to adapt Dune to film. It would have included Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, and Mick Jagger acting with music by Pink Floyd. Its failure caused the SFX head to go into a psychiatric hospital where he later wrote the script for “Alien”.

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QYBp TIL Ronnie Barrett, creator of the Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle, developed the now famous rifle without any background in engineering or manufacturing. In the last 100 years, Barrett is one of only 7 individuals to have invented firearms adopted by the United States Military.
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nwyB TIL that Disney developed a signature scent for Norway in Epcot. It’s called Laila and smells like airy mountains. The perfume is sprayed throughout the day in the pavilion.
OokPe TIL the Nazi party had used the methods of the Turkish state as a standard to draw inspiration from. A Nazi publication of 1925 exalts the new Turkish state for its "cleansing" policy against the Greeks. Between 450,000–750,000 Greeks were killed during the 1923 genocide