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TIL that Orson Welles, influential actor and director of the classic film “Citizen Kane,” ended his prolific career by playing Unicron, a planet-eating robot in “Transformers: The Movie”.

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j64Kn TIL that an asteroid traveling at 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) per second collided near South Africa 3.26 billion years ago creating a megatsunami that extended to a depth of thousands of meters beneath the surface of the ocean and rose to the height of a skyscraper when it reached the shorelines.
P17KJ TIL that Pink Floyd’s The Wall is designed as an endless loop. The final track, “Outside the Wall,” ends with “Isn’t this where...”, and the album starts with “... we came in?” continuing the last song’s melody, highlighting the cyclical theme of Water’s concept.
yVkEe TIL during bubonic plague outbreaks, European physicians wore beak-like masks filled with perfumes, herbs, and spices, creating the iconic plague doctor costume. The outfit included a long coat, gloves, hat, and mask, and was worn by a few doctors treating plague patients in the early modern era.
bEmQ TIL people who speak English with an accent, but sing without one, are simply singing in a way that comes naturally, which also just so happens to be the core of what many people consider an “American” accent.
4L5J TIL Richard Brooker, the first actor to wear the iconic hockey mask in the third Friday the 13th movie, is also responsible for directing Bill Nye the Science Guy.