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TIL There is a conspiracy theory that The Shining was a coded admission from Kubrick to faking the Moon landing.

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WkneA TIL that until the 19th century the dominant sleep pattern in western societies was biphasic. After 3-4 hours of sleep, people would be awake for about an hour doing whatever before they sleep again until dawn.
m1YMM TIL that Vince Guaraldi, the jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip, including their signature melody "Linus and Lucy" was a friend of the Grateful Dead, was on one of their album covers, and even sat in with the band.
W7kAN TIL The Netherlands was the market leader in producing cocaine with 20% of global production in the early 20th century
kJa55 TIL that Iron Maiden asked Frank Herbert if they could name a song after his novel “Dune.” They received a response stating "Frank Herbert doesn't like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially bands like Iron Maiden.” They had to rename the song.
R7OP4 TIL about Alexander Winton, who built and sold the first American-made gasoline car on March 24, 1898. The public was skeptical. "To advocate replacing the horse, which had served man through centuries, marked one as an imbecile."