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TIL "Kinoautomat", directed by Radúz Činčera, and made for the Czechoslovak pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada, is the world's first interactive movie.

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4K4N TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson played Bigfoot in an episode of “America’s Book of Secrets” called “The Mystery of Bigfoot.” Will Ferrell was in it too.
Z8nbp TIL Bilingual reduced emotional resonance is a fairly well-established phenomenon were many bilinguals report “feeling less” in their second language, which might make it easier to use highly emotional vocabulary, and swear.
nLRG TIL of Ken Allen (1971–2000), an orangutan at the San Diego Zoo. Not only did he escape 3 times, his peers began following his example & escaped too. He outwitted zookeepers even when they posed as visitors. During his escapes, Ken would “peacefully stroll around the zoo looking at other animals.”
gr9mL TIL about Antônio Carlos Jobim, a Brazilian composer, songwriter, and singer sometimes known as the "father of bossa nova". His 1965 album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year with the single "Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema)", which became one of the most recorded songs of all time.
b4wZ TIL that scientists created a “quantum gas” that reached temperatures below absolute zero in which it exhibits characteristics similar to dark energy.