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TIL, that Tim Burton got 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts in ‘Charlie & The Chocolate Factory’ instead of using CGI

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N7kab TIL that during the Cold War, Soviet military cartographers carried out one of the greatest mapping ventures of all time by producing thousands of detailed maps of terrain and local landmarks of almost the entire world
xVBbD TIL Children stop believing in Santa at around 8 years old. Errors by 'bumbling parents' are the main cause of children losing their faith in Santa.
KaB4 TIL the Hubble was ridiculed because a mirror was off by less than 1/50th the thickness of a human hair.
4NNa TIL That the Egyptian tomb of Psusennes I was found completely intact and had treasures that rivaled the treasures found at Tutankhamen’s tomb, but almost nobody heard about the discovery because of WWII. I give you “The Silver Pharaoh of Egypt”
b6XB9 TIL that 3 sailors who died in Pearl Harbor have incorrect dates written on their gravestones. They were trapped underwater in the West Virginia battleship for 16 days after the bombing; it was largely kept a secret and most of their family members died without ever knowing the truth.