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TIL that filmmakers and prop creators don't actually do their research

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XENVP TIL: Honey can exist unspoiled and still edible, almost indefinitely. Archeologists excavating Egyptian tombs have uncovered preserved pots of honey several thousand years old.
LklyZ TIL that the world's oldest still-functioning light bulb is purported to be the Centennial Light in Livermore, California. Maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Dept, the bulb was installed in 1901 and has only been turned off a handful of times.
w7dJ TIL A vegan tried to prove “vegans can do anything” by climbing Mt. Everest actually died climbing Mt. Everest.
WeD8 TIL That Xbox had ambient sounds playing while you left the Xbox idle, the sounds are from NASA transmissions, so the Xbox would look like superior technology
jNvXN TIL comedy legend Mel Brooks was an uncredited producer of The Elephant Man, released in 1980. He was left off the credits for fear that fans would believe the movie was a comedy.