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TIL that the genius behind “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” actually has created more than 40 other documentaries.

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0d5YM TIL of Marcus Egnatius Rufus, who funded the first public (free of charge) firefighting force in ancient Rome, and was executed for conspiracy, likely because his popularity threatened the emperor Augustus
grdlA TIL of Markus Wolf, the head of the East German foreign intelligence division. He was the Stasi’s number two man for 34 years and yet the West didn’t know what he looked like until 1978.
d8DmZ The final frontier smells a lot like a Nascar race—a bouquet of hot metal, diesel fumes and barbecue. The source? Dying stars, mostly.
WJjB TIL on April 15, (around 12 hours from this post) There will be a total lunar eclipse called the “Tetrad” where the moon will turn blood red. This has happened 8 times over the past 2000 years
8aNNP TIL In 1943, Disney released an 8-minute long animated film titled "Der Fuehrer's Face", which featured Donald Duck's nightmare of working in Nazi Germany. It is one of the most notable examples of American propaganda during World War II.