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TIL Little Shop Of Horrors was the first ever DVD in history to get recalled. In 1998, a disc was released to stores containing a "black-and-white, un-scored, un-dubbed video copy of the original ending that looked like shit."

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VBwkp TIL when Hokule'a, a double-hulled canoe, launched from Maui for Tahiti in 1975, it was the first time in approximately 800 years that a team of sailors used Polynesian wayfinding to navigate this route. A crowd of over 10,000 people gathered on the shores of Tahiti to welcome the team home.
Lkgpp TIL Japanese train drivers and conductors purposely point at all the signs they pass as a way to keep focus and prevent accidents. The technique is called shisa kanko and has been in use for more than 100 years.
6EDLw TIL the Bagworm Moth Caterpillar is one of the rare architects of the animal world. They construct miniature “log cabins” by collecting little twigs and building them into tiny protective houses which they live in! Some constructions look similar to a strand of DNA.
OGyx7 TIL about a plant that can 'walk' up to 20 meters per year: The Socratea exorrhiza, or the "walking palm," can slowly move itself to better locations.
WkZ64 TIL Henry Ford created what is today known as Kingsford Charcoal by reusing old scrap wood from his car manufacturing plants and later spinning off the company to a family member