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TIL that the sound used when planes are going down and crashing in films is the sound of a siren fitted onto a Nazi dive bomber. The siren was fazed out towards the end of the war since the siren had considerable drag and the pilots hated having to listen to the whine during the entire flight.

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nWNwW TIL in ancient Babylon, they worshiped the god Marduk via his statue. Enemy rulers who defeated Babylon would often take the statue. All five kings known to have taken the statue of Marduk from Babylon died violently at the hands of their own family members
PYEwg TIL legendary producer Rick Rubin held an actual funeral complete with casket and grave for the word “Def” after finding out it had been accepted into the standardized dictionary. Amongst those who attended in 1993 included Tom Petty, Flea, and Trent Reznor.
ow5Y TIL on the first day of Lent in the village of Brodilovo, Bulgaria, villagers practice ‘Dog Spinning.’ A dog is suspended above water on a rope. The dog is turned repeatedly in a given direction to wind the rope, then released so that it spins rapidly in the opposite direction as the rope unwinds.
LPdv TIL the sad lamp from IKEA’s acclaimed 2002 commercial was taken home by a crew member at the end of the shoot. When the ad agency asked for it back, they received a note saying “See? you’ve fallen for it. You’ve grown attached to the lamp, and you are crazy.”
Jaxl TIL That Glenn Beck Smoked Weed Everyday for 15 years starting at age 16