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TIL It’s possible to listen to records that no longer exist by extracting audio from pictures of them

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xVg0g TIL that the 2014 WW2 Tank movie "Fury" (starring Brad Pitt) was the first time in almost 70 years that an authentic German Tiger 1 tank was used in a feature film.
16BG8 TIL that the only known portrait of the famous mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre is a caricature, and the only other depiction was discovered in 2005 to be a portrait of another Legendre.
JY4m8 TIL that Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" was nominated for two Razzie Awards for Worst Actress and Worst Director
wDK6 TIL Blue angel slugs collect venom from the Portuguese man o’ war, their prey, to create dangerous stingers which protect them from predators
XVeE TIL that when celebrity chef Jamie Oliver slaughtered a live lamb on television, he was praised by PETA for broadcasting it uncensored, as it “could turn the more diehard carnivore into a vegetarian”.