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nexnW TIL on May 24, 1996, a drive-in theater in Canada was destroyed by a tornado when the theater was scheduled to show the 1996 disaster movie ‘Twister’. In ‘Twister,’ a scene parallels the exact event of the theater destruction by a tornado during a showing of ‘The Shining.’
eRQg TIL: An Indian man single-handedly planted a 1,360 acre forest that is home to a complex, thriving ecosystem
1D8P TIL that the Hindu religion states that science only offers a limited view of reality, but all it offers is right and correct, meaning that the religion by it’s nature cannot contradict science, leading to the the majority of even highly religious Hindus accepting evolution as fact.
ZpX1G TIL The British Columbia Parliament Building has a secret dining room guarded by security guards where members of the public must turn in a driver’s license for security pass and go through a coded door
lQYB TIL that Alzheimer’s disease is considered by some scientists to be Type 3 diabetes because it results from resistance to insulin in the brain.