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TIL Birds trained for Hitchcock's The Birds couldn't be untrained. They stayed killer birds.

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bBKj TIL NASA built a wind tunnel in 1965 that could reach speeds of Mach 50.
E1ymx TIL for decades, the only "premature wards" in the US were carnival attractions at Coney Island and World's Fairs. From the 1890s-1930s, the "Incubator Exhibits" saved thousands of babies' lives, at no charge to the parents. All costs were paid by entrance fees.
wJN6 TIL that during the filming of Blade: Trinity, Wesley Snipes smoked weed all day long. After calling the director a racist and trying to strangle him, he would only communicate with the director through post-it notes signing them, “From Blade”
V5e8 TIL after the release of Gayla Peevey’s “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” (1953) a campaign was launched to give her a hippopotamus for Christmas. The campaign succeeded & she was presented with an actual hippopotamus, which she donated to the city zoo. The hippopotamus lived for nearly 50 years
GY4MN TIL about the 'Apprehension Engine' an unconventional instrument that was made to provide the soundtrack to the 2015 fil The VVitch.