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TIL that in The Wizard of Oz and White Christmas, along with many other films, the fake snow used was Asbestos

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ANYPd TIL Idaho (a landlocked state) has an active seaport that is 465 miles (750 KM) away from the Pacific Ocean.
yLwM TIL in 2004, a supercolony of ants measuring 62 miles wide was discovered under Melbourne, Australia.
loGvA TIL Thomas Edison was considered to be troubled at learning by administrators. When his mother got thus report she pulled him out of school and decided to home school him. She believed he just saw things differently than others and needed more attention.
WmeY TIL John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was poorly received after its 1982 opening, with reviewers calling it “the quintessential moron movie of the 80s” and “sacrificing everything at the altar of gore”. The film has been reappraised substantially since then.
VBpgk TIL that a German TV show called Sandmännchen is the longest running animated show in history with 22,200 episodes released since 1959.