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TIL An artist edited together 1000s of scenes of clocks and watches from movies and TV shows into one 24-hour movie - which itself functions as a working clock.

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B90e TIL “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is based on a poem Tim Burton wrote in 1982 while working at Disney, who had purchased the film rights but felt it was too weird. Years later (after being fired from Disney) Tim realized they still owned the rights and convinced Disney to green light the movie.
mxxZE TIL: The world record for the oldest dog to ever live is 29 years and five months. That's a heckin' good pupper.
WjDo TIL it’s impossible to smoothly scan your eyes from left to right (or vice versa), except if you’re tracking a moving object. Otherwise, your vision jumps from focus point to focus point, even while reading.
nD6d TIL there is a High School football coach who never punts and always does onside kicks. He has won 4 state titles doing this.
e0jnL TIL Skip Holtz, son of legendary NCAA Coach Lout Holtz and current La Tech Head football coach wrote the script for 'The Cable Guy'