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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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KVwG TIL that people used to employ a method called “waterglassing” to preserve fresh eggs that would last for months.
QDE6 TIL that in Billy Madison, Adam Sandler really hit the children hard during the dodgeball scene. The quick cuts weren’t to make it look like he was throwing hard, it was because the children were crying afterwards. Sandler’s pitch for the idea? “Hurting kids is funny.”
7rlGZ TIL Grizzly bears' muscles don't atrophy during hibernation because they produce additional amino acids that stimulate muscle cell growth.
PYZdg TIL that after an intense 8 artillery week barrage, British troops on the first day of the Battle of the Somme were so sure of their victory that 4 platoons had a competition to see who could kick a soccer ball into the German trenches first. Nearly 20,000 British men were killed that day
0dGpj TIL The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896. It lasted only 38 minutes. It was all because Zanzibari Prince Khālid ibn Barghash refused to accept the British Empire’s preferred successor.