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TIL: The airport set in the movie "The Terminal" was built from scratch in a warehouse. It's all fake, as no airport would let them have use of their airports for the amount of time it took for film production. It was so well done that all of the companies shown in the movie endorsed it.

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edOE TIL the phrase “all natural” is completely unregulated and can be used to describe any product. “The lack of standards in most jurisdictions means that the term assures nothing.”
GYd07 TIL after Zaire (now the Demоcratic Rеpublic of Congo) were eliminated from the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the team wanted to keep the complimentary BMW bus they were given to use during the tournament. They tried to return home from West Germany on the bus, but were stopped before leaving the country
GYwyJ TIL that defibrillators work quite differently than in movies. Its actually used to stop the heart from fibrillating (hence the name defibrillator) The electric shock momentarily paralyzes the heart so that a synchronized rhythm can be restored.
NXe4Q TIL that members of Black Sabbath almost killed their drummer Bill Ward, by painting him in gold paint and lacquer when he passed out after a night of drinking.
d8ZRE TIL of Taylor Guitars who purchased the last remaining liberty tree after it fell from Hurricane Floyd and made some 400 special edition guitars from the wood. They also raised 14 seedlings from the tree and donated a tree to each of the original 13 colonies and one to the White House.