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TIL that Unreal Engine 3 was used for the backgrounds in LazyTown

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XEJrE TIL Los Angeles’s private golf courses effectively receive a public subsidy of $89.8 million in taxes” paying only $200,00 in property taxes without granting the public access to the land. LA ranks bottom of the list in terms of public parks against all major metropolitan cities in America.
QNMw9 TIL that wild almonds contain deadly amounts of cyanide. The almonds we enjoy today are from a genetic mutation that reduced the production of amygdalin that makes wild almonds bitter and poisonous.
6Ea6Q TIL there is an abandoned McDonald’s floating on a barge in Canada. The Mcbarge has been closed for over 30 years
QwXE TIL that India’s Mars mission cost less than the movie “Gravity.”
16rKP TIL that Ken Kirzinger was chosen for the role of Jason in Freddy vs Jason, in part because he was 6ft 5. The directors wanted to emphasise the difference in height between Jason and Freddy (played by a 5ft 9 Robert Englund).