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TIL The snow used for the maze in the climactic scene of ‘The Shining’ was made from 900 tons of salt and Styrofoam. The snow was also used for the Hoth scenes in 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back’, which was filmed in the same studio later that year.

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a8nG9 TIL that along the Egyptian–Sudanese border, there is a peace of land, Bir Tawil, claimed by neither country. Egypt assert that it belongs to Sudan, and Sudan assert that it belongs to Egypt.
YpD4G TIL the album “Blurryface” by Twenty One Pilots was the first to have every song certified as at least gold
4XWDg TIL there have been many times that less than 20 votes have made the difference. Your vote DOES count!
kY7B TIL: That one UK citizen a week changes their middle name to “danger” via Deed Poll.
rvGw TIL that according to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. ― Plato, The Symposium