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TIL The Iron Giant was remastered and released in 2015 with a new scene shedding ‘some’ light on the Giant’s origin/purpose.

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16oBX TIL that watching something at 2x speed does not impair your ability to understand it.
GYkk5 TIL that to prevent illegal fly posters, a local council in the UK stuck their own "CANCELLED" posters over the top of ones for events. Cleaning staff had been removing up to 100 illegal posters per week. Eight weeks after the initiative was introduced this was reduced to zero.
R7bj9 TIL, the quietest room in the world measures at -9 dB, and will drive you mad. One reporter lasted up to 45 minutes, and most people leave after half that time, tortured by the eerie sounds of their own body.
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