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TIL: The Truman Show was inspired from a Twilight Zone episode that has many of the same elements

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NwgM TIL that Fathead lowered the price of their Lebron James wall graphics from $99.99 to $17.41, the birth year of Benedict Arnold, upon his departure from the Cavaliers.
R7b1a TIL about Nelson Bryant who lost his trench knife in 1944 during World War II as he escaped from nearby enemy soldiers in Holland. 73 years after the day he parachuted into Groesbeek, Holland, Mr. Bryant will receive his lost knife.
5YPaB TIL Carl Sagan's team wanted to include the Beatles song "Here Comes the Sun" on the Voyager Golden Records (discs containing greetings in 60 languages, music and sounds from Earth aboard both Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977), but the record company EMI, which held the copyrights, declined.
1aj9O TIL the Kamasutra affirms and recognizes same-sex relations, and there are several Hindu temples that have carvings that depict both men and women engaging in homosexual acts. There are also several Hindu temples which have carvings that depict both men and women engaging in homosexual acts.
ZpL6Q TIL about the 1886 Wallingford Shoe Box Murder Mystery, where the torso of an unidentified man was found in a large wooden box in rural Connecticut. Although the story made news across the U.S., with many theories and tips, neither the victim nor murderer have ever been identified.