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TIL in 1978 British explorer Tim Severin proved it was possible for a 6th century Irish boat clad in leather to make the journey across the Atlantic from Ireland to North America. This was done to test if St. Brendan the Navigators described journey across the Atlantic was possible at the time.

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KOAR9 TIL of the film '100 Years', due to be released in November 2115. Written by and starring John Malkovich, the film is kept in a high-tech, bulletproof glass safe that will open automatically on its release date, 100 years after its announcement
QaAE TIL A new British owl sanctuary was opened in 2009 just to house all the pet owls abandoned by Harry Potter fans
e0nJ TIL that director Lars Von Trier had to hire a “penis double” for William Dafoe’s nude scenes in the film “Anti-Christ” because Dafoe’s genitalia is so large that “everybody got very confused when they saw it.”
1AgX TIL between 1970 and 1973, four Israeli fighter pilots translated The Hobbit from English to Hebrew to pass the time in an Egyptian prison, where they were held as POWs. The pilots’ translation was published commercially in 1977, and up until 2012 was considered the best Hebrew version of the book.
ADX64 TIL that Honeycrisp apples have much larger cells than other apples, giving them extra flavor and crunch.