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TIL Production of the film Gone Girl was shut down for four days when Ben Affleck refused to wear a NY Yankees cap in a scene.

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ne5do TIL that “Slim Goodbody” (aka: John Burnstein) is still touring and lecturing (in his anatomically-correct spandex) after 45 years.
GaBj TIL that Paris airport of Orly uses software called DECOR, which is employed in takeoffs & landings & runs on Windows 3.1, an operating system that was released in 1992. The airport only has three specialists who are familiar with DECOR. An upgrade has been scheduled for sometime between 2017-2021.
kJVPB TIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric.
Wn5d TIL the Super Soaker inventor is a Tuskegee-trained NASA engineer who used the money earned from a toy to do research on solar power and batteries
nWEyd TIL that sniffing isopropyl alcohol is a remedy for nausea. Alcohol swabs or hand sanitizer really do the trick and works almost instantly. Look for hand sanitizer after amusement park rides too, it keeps the fun going!