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TIL canned food excavated from the steamboat Bertrand was still safe to eat 110 years after it sank.

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865L TIL in order to capture a genuine look of surprise on Hans Gruber’s face, Alan Rickman was dropped one second early at the end of Die Hard.
KwlE TIL that a white dove landed on Fidel Castro’s shoulder while he gave a speech, just after he liberated Cuba. It sat there one hour.
EXkx TIL: There was a machine in the 1940s that kept a dogs decapitated head alive and reacting to external stimuli. The whole thing was also filmed and broadcast on TV.
d8G4K TIL the first time Led Zeppelin licensed one of its songs for commercial use was giving the song "Rock And Roll" to Cadillac for a television commercial. The band earned a "ridiculous" fee for this but Cadillac saw sales increase by 16% the following year.
7vWb TIL in 2002 Sony released a “copy-proof” CD to combat music piracy. Hackers immediately circumvented this design by scribbling on the rim of the CDs with a Sharpie.