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VMMJQ TIL a museum turned an apollo space shuttle into a time capsul in 1976, and plans to re-open it in 2076
YpxeB TIL that foxholes dug by American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII still exist in the French woods to this day
kOBj7 TIL that Harris Wittels was a writer for the Sarah Silverman show, Parks and Recreation, Eastbound and Down, and Masters of None. Amy Poehler called him the “funniest person [she] ever met”. Harris was also the drummer in the band Don’t Stop Or We’ll Die. Harris died of a heroin overdose in 2015.
aOjZ TIL that Xerxes the First of Persia, who faced the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae, is also a prominent character in the Biblical book of Esther.
a8JRZ TIL Disney World in Florida, USA contains a critical corridor that wildlife like Florida panthers use to travel across central Florida. Though construction blocked wildlife, Walt Disney had designed a corridor going through the park which remains today.