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TIL that Truman Show director Peter Weir had initially wanted to have cameras installed in every theater the movie was shown in, having the projectionist at one point cut the lights, cut to the viewers, and then cut back to the movie

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lWpK TIL that there are 4 states in US that ban BJs but allow Necrophilia
MyAA TIL When Coca-Cola announced the return of Coke’s original formula in 1985, ABC News interrupted General Hospital to break the story.
ePmn TIL that Edgar Allen Poe wrote an essay explaining exactly what he meant when writing The Raven
GYD5N TIL Richard Klinkhamer's wife "disappeared" in 1991. He then wrote a book on seven ways to kill your spouse. In 2000, new owners of his former home found the skeletal remains of his wife, and in 2001 he was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in 2003 for good behavior.
KYmo4 TIL that technically speaking, Gagarin's spaceflight is deemed as an "uncompleted spaceflight" per Section 8, paragraph 2.15, item b of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) sporting code because he was ejected out of his capsule before landing