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TIL that Marvin the Martian was created as a satire of Cold War era Soviets. Marvin is from the red planet, wears red, feuds with Bugs Bunny (who represents the USA) as a parody of the Space Race, is armed with missiles capable of incredible destruction, and has an obsession with global domination.

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bYOE TIL in Back To The Future, a refrigerator was going to be the time travel device, but the director changed his mind because he didn’t want kids climbing into refrigerators and getting stuck.
vPk5R TIL an effigy of Private John Marvin Steele in his Airborne uniform hangs from a steeple in Normandy. On the night before D-Day, his parachute got caught on the tower. He hung there for two hours pretending to be dead, but was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped later & rejoined his division.
NXedN TIL Although Laika is commonly perceived as the first animal in space, this is not the case. The very first animals sent into space were fruit flies on board of a V-2 rocket launched by the US. They returned to Earth alive.
eGVb TIL of the Ideological Turing Test to determine if someone understands his opponents arguments: a partisan writes an essay from the POV of his opposite. If a neutral observer cannot tell the difference between the partisan’s answers and the opposite’s answers, the partisan passes the test.
KYlKE TIL that when Joss Whedon's internet musical miniseries "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" was released on DVD, it featured a commentary track that was also a musical, with entirely new songs performed by the cast and crew.