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TIL about the US Camel Corps, an experiment to introduce camels as pack animals in the SW.

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NXQ9e TIL the sodium vapor process (aka yellowscreen) was extensively used by Disney as an alternative to the better-known bluescreen, to composite actors and background footage with less side effects on human skin tones. It featured in Mary Poppins (1964), and Dick Tracy (1990) marked its last known use.
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ov0Y TIL that in 1940s Russians performed experiments on animal organs and tissues and they actually succeeded to bring back to life a severed head of a dog. The dogs` head reacts to light, smell and sound and it even tries to bark!
4XGrX TIL that Steven Thrasher was awarded free cigarettes for life from Phillip Morris as part of a settlement following being shot by his supervisor in 1974 and had to sue when they tried to stop.
GY6w4 TIL Austrians and Germans have their washing machines in their bathrooms.