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TIL about Logistics. At 51,420 minutes (857 hours or 35 days and 17 hours), it is the longest film ever made. The trailer is a mere 7 hours and 20 minutes.

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Yp67x TIL Aunt Sally was a game played in England. An Aunt Sally was originally the modelled head of an old woman with a clay pipe in her mouth; the object was for players to throw sticks at the head in order to break the pipe. The target could also be a live person, a puppet, or ball on a stick.
EgkOX TIL that its not safe to work on a computer during a thunderstorm unless it is wireless
ZOpR TIL Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ is best-selling science fiction novel of all time. Herbert was an ardent environmentalist and intentionally included ecological issues in his novels to stimulate his readers to think about critical environmental issues facing human kind.
kOBbB TIL Ulysses S. Grant was pulled over and ticketed for speeding on his horse and buggy several times in D.C. while president, even once being escorted to the police station.
YpAGv TIL Electric fish in saltwater are 'wired' in parallel, but in freshwater they are 'wired' in series. This change overcomes the higher resistance of freshwater.