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TIL: The 1928 movie 'Noah's Ark'. While filming of the flood scene, 600,000 gallons of water was dropped on the set without warning the actors, so their reactions and fear on film were real. Three people drowned, one had a leg amputated, and many suffered broken limbs and other serious injuries.

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5VmbD TIL that Toronto firefighter Danny Flippidis mysteriously disappeared on a skiing trip in New York. Sis days later, he resurfaced 3000 miles away in Sacramento California with no memory of how he got there. He was wearing the same exact gear when he disappeared and with no ID except a credit card.
j6ENE TIL that Orcas chase and kill Blue Whales using pack tactics, distractions, and persistence hunting techniques.
D1xEY TIL that Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of former U.S. President James A. Garfield, specifically chose to use a revolver with an ivory handle because he wanted it to look good as a museum exhibit after the assassination.
XjBE TIL one can predict with 95% accuracy whether a person politically leans left or right based on different brain responses to seeing something “disgusting”
QQOa TIL Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.