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9wv9p TIL Baileys Irish Cream was invented in 1974 as a way to use surplus cream and whiskey from a failing distillery and turn a profit. Now owned by international beverage conglomerate, Diageo
E1lKV TIL the are two different model-actresses named Peyton List, and they've appeared together in the same productions twice.
jV0E TIL that soldiers in the U.S. military’s psychological warfare department (PSYOPS) used loudspeakers to tempt enemy fighters in Afghanistan into battles they couldn’t win by calling them,“ lady men” and “cowardly dogs”.
gK4 TIL that when Christopher Priest (author of The Prestige) saw Chris Nolan’s film adaptation of his book, his reaction was “Well, holy shit… I wish I’d thought of that.”
kJodg TIL The films used for the Hasselblad cameras taken to the Moon were prepackaged in light-tight magazines that snapped onto the camera body. The Apollo 11 moonwalk made do with a single magazine without changing films outside at all