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TIL that a craft equipped with warp drive would move by distorting space.

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M7A90 TIL in 1969, after an argument between the 4 Beatles members at London’s Olympic recording studios, 3 left. Paul McCartney stayed, where he encountered Steve Miller, and together they recorded "My Dark Hour." Paul played drums on the track, which helped him release all his anger from the argument.
NXwjN TIL that isopropyl alcohol can get indigo dye stains out of pretty much any clothing
X0em6 TIL Bernard Herrmann, composer for films like Psycho, Vertigo, Citizen Kane was asked by unknown director Martin Scorsese to compose Taxi Driver. After completing it, Scorsese asked for one final section. Hermann agreed, brought an orchestra in, completed it, and died hours later.
PYQ6V TIL in 1719 prisoners in Paris were offered freedom at the condition they would marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana.
78ZPx TIL that the horror cliché of zombies eating brains dates back to the 1985 horror-comedy film “Return of the Living Dead”, in which the zombies didn’t eat brains out of hunger, but instead because it eased the "pain" of being a zombie.