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TIL the opening shot of “Apocalypse Now” was made from old footage found in the trash. Director Coppola shot 1.5 million feet of film, and accidentally came across the scene. Coppola also told the editor to use The Doors’ “The End,” since he thought it would be funny to start a movie with "The End."

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0MoM TIL when the co-founder of Pirate Bay was arrested he asked to phone his girlfriend so she could watch his house before leaving with the police. The police allowed him to make the call, but instead he used an app on his phone that immediately encrypted all of his computers at his work and home.
kJ507 TIL that payphones in Japan provide priority calls during disasters, allowing people to avoid heavy telephone traffic.
KY6P4 TIL Flagstaff Arizona was the world's first International Dark Sky City and you can see the Milky Way at night from downtown
woKY8 TIL Nazi General Loringhoven was inside the Führerbunker during the last days of Nazi Germany. He attempted to escape, was captured by Allied forces, and later became a NATO commander, retiring as Inspector General of the Armed Forces of West Germany in 1973.
Y7LNA TIL that The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.