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TIL that a 10+ hour film version of Dune was almost produced with Salvador Dali as the Emperor, with art by HR Giger and music by Pink Floyd

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a8OLM Today I learned that Disneyland used to have a "land" called Holidayland. It opened in 1957, but was so unsuccessful that it closed less than five years later. It has since been replaced by New Orleans Square, home of Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion.
JnO1 TIL that the difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
LJjm TIL In WW2, The Allies estimated German average monthly tank production using statistical analysis of their serial numbers. They were off by one.
gMRA4 TIL that Willem Dafoe had to use a penis-double for the movie Antichrist because, according to the director Lars von Trier, the actor's own dick was 'confusingly large'.
epl7E TIL that it is a regular hazard of the barber industry to get hair splinters. Cut hair is apparently very sharp and can worm its way into your flesh.