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TIL Stanley Kubrick actually asked Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka to handle art direction for the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"

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nL1W TIL 1964 Republican Presidential Nominee Barry Goldwater was a supporter of gay rights and denounced the religious right after their rise in 1980’s
VMaeQ TIL in 1957 two planes collided over the San Fernando Valley and the debris killed 3 Pacoima Junior High School students in the playground below. Student and singer Ritchie Valens (of 'La Bamba' fame) missed school that day, but died tragically in a plane crash just 2 years later.
pRGG TIL In the 1989 film, Batman’s boots were actually Air Jordans
jJQ TIL Christopher Walken originally trained as a dancer, and later choreographed his own performance in a Fatboy Slim music video.
5w08 TIL that due to their small brains koalas are unable to perform complex, unfamiliar tasks such as eat leaves off of flat surfaces.