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TIL that Apple doesn't let villains use iPhones in the movies????

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wLjrE TIL that Russian scientists discovered a Nazi base in the Arctic named "Schatzgraber" (Treasure Hunter). Officially a weather station the site was abandoned when staff manning the site was said to have eaten raw polar bear meat that was contaminated with roundworms.
x64R5 TIL in 1978, a researcher played a deceased elephant’s calls from a hidden speaker. Her family responded by frantically searching and calling out for her, with the daughter continuing for days. Moved by their grief, the researcher decided never to repeat the experiment.
xMP5 TIL that Titan’s atmosphere is denser than Earth’s, with 1.45 times the surface pressure. The atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that you could play planes very very easily, and even humans can fly there by attaching ‘wings’ to their arms and flapping.
ZWka TIL fans promoting the TV show Supernatural got #LuciferIsComing trending to promote Lucifer’s return, prompting it to be blocked by Twitter following complaints. Actor Misha Collins tried to continue it with #PDiddyIsScaredOfHisTV, which too was blocked.
R7MR4 TIL of a insurance dispute following the 9/11 attacks of whether or not the attacks constituted 1 or 2 events under the policy terms