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9YZe6 TIL on 18 August 1913, in Monte Carlo Casino, 26 roulette spins in a row landed on black. The odds of such an occurrence are 1 in 66.6 million. Many gamblers lost millions of francs as they continually (and incorrectly) reasoned that red was due to come up next.
NXZMJ TIL Kelly, a dolphin, was rewarded with fish by her trainers for bringing them litter and dead gulls to clean her pool. She began hiding fish under a rock in her pool and used them to lure gulls, which she then brought to her trainers to receive more fish. She even taught her calf the same strategy.
dD507 TIL that Max Martin, a Swedish songwriter and producer, is second only to Paul McCartney for number-one hit singles ever written
Lkaxr TIL Hans Zimmer wanted to use a pipe organ while making the Interstellar soundtrack because it only makes a note with air, making you feel human presence in every sound. Which was very important to keeping the film about not just the space that they were looking at but the people within that space.
Mbxm TIL in 1987 a robbery suspect in Sacramento fled into a darkened movie theater to escape police. He became so engrossed in the movie, Robocop, that he failed to notice that police had evacuated all other patrons from the theatre. When the lights flipped on, the stunned man was taken into custody.