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TIL in “127 hours”, the camcorder used by James Franco in the film was the actual one Aron Ralston used when he was trapped in Blue John Canyon.

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ep67g TIL that the initial version of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified 747, had a crew escape tunnel extending from the top deck to the bottom of the aircraft. It was removed because of worries about escaping crew being ingested by the aircraft’s engines.
6Em17 TIL that Wendy Carlos is not only the pioneer of EM (soundtracks composed include Clockwork Orange and The Shining) but also an inspiration for the LGTBQ community as the first trans woman to come out publically.
a8YMM TIL the French car Renault 5 was marketed in the United States by the name Le Car.
EgPKo TIL in 2011, Disneyland Paris was Europe's top tourist destination, with almost double the number of visitors to the Louvre museum in France and almost ten million more visitors than the Eiffel Tower in Paris
PYmQE TIL that in WWII the US was going to use Bat Bombs on Japan to burn down houses and forests.