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TIL that falcons are closer related to parrots and songbirds than to other birds of prey.

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d8XN9 TIL the first known instance of a railway was not in modern history - written references place it as early as 600BC. The Diolkos, a grooved road paved with hard limestone, was used to roll ships across the land, saving long transport times on goods and assisting in naval campaigns.
kBoe TIL that according to Rotten Tomatoes, the Toy Story trilogy is the most critically acclaimed trilogy of all time.
NmBM TIL While the “Shining” was playing in New York and Los Angeles, Stanley Kubrick ordered projectionists to cut the original final scene from the film by hand, and mail the deleted film strips back to Warner Bros. The original ending has never been released since.
P1bEV TIL that the Earth orbits the Sun
kJ41B TIL While filming "Orca" actor Richard Harris read a tabloid magazine that photographed his wife Ann Turkel on a beach with a younger man. He wanted to stop filming, fly to Malibu and kill them both. Harris relented when he got into a brawl with the film's screenwriter and gave him a black eye.