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TIL the Mountain time zone, properly drawn, would reach as far as the cities of Austin, Oklahoma City, and Wichita, but only include parts of them

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VMbBm TIL of Holy Week in Malaga, Spain, an event that takes place during the last week of Lent. During the event a massive parade is held where between 120 and 270 people will carry a 3000 pound throne depicting the Virgin Mary or crucifixion of Christ.
gr66X TIL that the children’s song “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” is a sanitized version of “Do Your Balls Hang Low?”, which was popular with British soldiers in WWI. General Douglas Haig once heard a column of soldiers singing it and went to berate their commander, only to find the commander singing along.
rO6W TIL that studio execs disliked the film title “Beetlejuice” and wanted to call it “House Ghosts.” Displeased, Burton jokingly suggested “Scared Sheetless.” The director was horrified when they went for it. Needless to say, Burton eventually got his way.
VBnwB TIL that proposals for a link between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland were proposed satirically as early as 1799, and seriously from 1886 onwards, but no viable plan for either a bridge or tunnel has ever been put forwards
6jXw TIL that when the studio behind ‘Star Trek’ received a letter from a builder asking how to make automatic sliding doors that opened and closed as fast as on the Enterprise, the reply explained that the doors were manually operated by an offstage crewman. If too late, cast would hit unopened doors.