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TIL that the legendary 1981 film "Das Boot" was shot as if it were a silent film, with all of the dialogue and sound added later, because the cameras and their newly developed gyroscopic stabilizers, used for the submarine interiors, drowned out the dialogue and diegetic sound.

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ldMN TIL that, fearing rogue Kamikaze attacks, US Navy Admiral Halsey informed his sailors of the end of hostilities in the pacific with this message: “Cessation of hostilities. War is over. If any Japanese airplanes appear, shoot them down in a friendly way.”
dDmaZ TIL there have been more than 300 flavors of Kit Kat chocolate bars produced in Japan since the year 2000
YpA1W TIL that in 1964, three physicists who just got their PhDs were tasked with developing a working design for a nuclear weapon using only unclassified information. The goal is to see if a country can develop a nuclear weapon without aid. They accomplished it within 2 and a half years.
6Bw TIL on his deathbed, Steve Jobs refused to wear his oxygen mask because he did not like the design of it
xV0pk TIL; On death row in Malawi, Byson Kaula would not die. Three times by hanging (the hangman was too lazy); And once by suicide after the fact.