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TIL that in fact you can film the speed of light!

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QJnE TIL that in the 1800’s dummy houses were built in London to disguise the underground system in wealthy areas.
neXkW TIL: Jake Adelstein, a Jewish-American reporter who investigated the Japanese crime world for over a decade, convinced some of his underworld allies and former yakuza bosses to play Yakuza 3, a video game where you play as a former member of the yakuza. The former bosses ended up loving the game.
e8AJ TIL of surrealist poet Robert Desnos who started reading palms of fellow prisoners on their way to the Nazi gas chambers. His excitement was so contagious as he predicted longevity, more children, and abundant joy that the guards were unable to go through with the executions.
nddW TIL there was an engine used in certain tanks and airplanes that was started using a shotgun shell.
rEPM TIL In 2 episodes of the first season of The Simpsons, Lou the cop, was colored yellow. It wasn’t till Season 2 that they kept him black.