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TIL the first special effect in a film was The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1895

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l7Z07 TIL the most common state of matter in the universe isn't solid, liquid, or gas, but plasma
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m1v4O TIL, In 1973, The racing horse Sham posted the second fastest time ever at the Kentucky Derby. Losing the the fastest horse of all time, Secretariat.