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TIL In 2001, the DEA attempted to ban glowsticks from parties by labelling them as “drug paraphernalia”

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XEXWP TIL: The Righting Reflex is Why Cats Always Land on Their Feet; They Can Flip Over in Midair!
epZx4 TIL that Marlon Brando often refused to memorize his lines for movies like The Godfather. Instead, the crew used cue cards placed around the set, even on other actors. Brando claimed this approach made his performances feel more real and spontaneous, capturing the uncertainty of real conversations.
LPgd TIL after receiving poor reception following the viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas to network executives, an animator, who had been drinking, said, “it’s going to run for a hundred years” and then fell down.
D7vp TIL A million-dollar wound or Blighty wound is military slang referring to a type of wound received in combat which is serious enough to get the person sent away from the fighting, but is not fatal, nor will it leave the person permanently crippled.
R77va TIL that during WW2, American and Soviet russian fighters engaged in a dogfight over Serbia. It was one of the only two direct military engagement between the two nations in history.