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TIL that the HBO series Westworld is based on a 1973 movie by Michael Crichton.

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5Yk6D TIL Frederic John Walker aka Johnnie Walker was the most successful anti-submarine warfare commander during WWII credited with 17 U boats destroyed. Walker's last duty was protecting the fleet from U-boats during the Normandy landing before his natural death attributed to overwork and exhaustion.
LkWmQ TIL that Stephen Fry, renowned UK commentator and comedian, purchased a London cab so that he could use bus and taxi lanes to efficiently drive around London
R7DJ6 TIL that only two employees are privy to the complete Coca-Cola formula at any given time and they are not permitted to travel together. When one dies, the other must choose a successor within the company.
BrA7d TIL asphalt is not only a naturally occurring substance (tar pits, oil sands, etc.), but is erupted from asphalt volcanoes, a rare type of submarine volcano. Some of these have formed seamounts, and a few are even still active today.
0wEYN TIL that a healed femur bone (thigh bone), not the clay pot, is considered as the first sign of human civilization.