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TIL Robert Frost's "A Road Less Traveled" was intended to be a humorous jab at an indecisive colleague. The poem's intent was to convey how both paths are basically the same with the same outcome, so you should just select one randomly and get the fuck on with it already.

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p8V9b TIL one of the special effects in Highlander (1985) was achieved by strapping car batteries to the actors’ legs and wiring them up so they’d spark when a sword struck. Production would pause while filming these scenes after three takes because the sword handles would get too hot.
e0kkD TIL sea level rise is caused by two main factors, melting land ice (glaciers), and "thermal expansion" the expansion of space between water molecules as the ocean gets warmer. So the ocean is both gaining water molecules, and the water molecules are spreading out and taking up more space.
W7eyA TIL the 1st movie about Genghiz Khan's life was made in the Philippines by local director Mario Conde in 1950. As western censorship standards were not present at the time it was considered too graphic and violent by the Venice Film Festival in 1952
e0r9L TIL there is a store in Alabama where you can buy items found in unclaimed airport baggage
Y7x1P TIL that bees and beetles have a more 'highly evolved' method of flight than other flying insects and animals. They use a single nerve signal to turn on/off a "flight engine" that beats their wings, while other insects & animals must consciously beat their wings.