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TIL That NASA has a list of accurate space technology terms that writers can use in Science Fiction stories

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ZB8D TIL that Spielberg returned to college in 2002 to finish his film degree. His final assignment was to submit a sample of filmmaking proficiency, he submitted Schindler’s List
Ed0P TIL that the actress who voiced Snow White in the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was forbidden to appear in any other film, television or media after the film was released until her death. Disney didn’t want to “Ruin the illusion of Snow White.”
580D TIL that on Feb 14, 1916, a group of 15,000 Australian soldiers went on a drunken rampage through the streets of Sydney, hijacking trains and drinking pubs dry of beer.
1adN4 TIL that the worlds rarest tree, Kaikōmako native to New Zealand, has been rescued from extinction after 40 years of trying to get the very last female tree in the world to fruit again
LkJXP TIL the oldest tree ever discovered was cut down by a scientist and a park ranger in order to retrieve a $50 scientific tool