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TIL of the 10,000 year clock. Currently being constructed in Texas.

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LkDbQ TIL prop masters make and test fake drugs before they’re used in movies like The Wolf of Wall Street. Cornstarch or Vitamin B powder for cocaine, oregano or hobby store moss for marijuana, freeze-dried regular mushrooms for magic mushrooms.
N7orM TIL the capital of what would become modern Spain was in Toledo until 1561 when Phillip II decided to separate the seats of power for church and state by moving the gov't to Madrid
xV8y7 Til that Superman didn't get the ability to fly till the 1940's. Before his first animated film in 1941, he could jump really high (1/8th of a mile, to be specific) but then had to land back on earth. His power to jump over buildings was actually supposed to be taken literally.
NX0GJ TIL: Chifforobe is not spelled Shiftrobe.
OolpY TIL in September 1939, at the onset of World War II. The Night Watch was detached from its frame and rolled around a cylinder. The rolled painting was stored for four years in a special safe that was built to protect many works of art in the caves of Maastricht, Netherlands.