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TIL the first piece of footage Ed Wood ever produced was a shot of the Hindenburg shortly before it crashed

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5QMR TIL that J.R.R.Tolkien was involved in the excavation of an ancient ring, it’s believed the ring inspired The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
x9rw TIL that the Mars candybar is sold worldwide except in the USA.
jrNa TIL that a man on the internet convinced a large number of people he was a time traveler
Gldg TIL Chris Barnes, vocalist for Cannibal Corpse, told Jim Carrey that his neck movements in the “Fire Marshall Bill” skit freaked him out. Carrey responded “What? This? This grosses you out? All that shit you write and that little thing grosses you out?”
VDkm TIL 98% of all pistachios produced in the U.S. are grown in California. This accounts for 25% of World Production, making the U.S. the second largest pistachio producer behind Iran